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SubjectRe: [PATCH] mm : fix pte _PAGE_DIRTY bit when fallback migrate page
On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 10:45:39AM +0800, Robbie Ko wrote:
>
> Kirill A. Shutemov 於 2020/7/14 下午6:19 寫道:
> > On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 11:46:12AM +0200, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> > > On 7/13/20 3:57 AM, Robbie Ko wrote:
> > > > Vlastimil Babka 於 2020/7/10 下午11:31 寫道:
> > > > > On 7/9/20 4:48 AM, robbieko wrote:
> > > > > > From: Robbie Ko <robbieko@synology.com>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > When a migrate page occurs, we first create a migration entry
> > > > > > to replace the original pte, and then go to fallback_migrate_page
> > > > > > to execute a writeout if the migratepage is not supported.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > In the writeout, we will clear the dirty bit of the page and use
> > > > > > page_mkclean to clear the dirty bit along with the corresponding pte,
> > > > > > but page_mkclean does not support migration entry.
> > I don't follow the scenario.
> >
> > When we establish migration entries with try_to_unmap(), it transfers
> > dirty bit from PTE to the page.
>
> Sorry, I mean is _PAGE_RW with pte_write
>
> When we establish migration entries with try_to_unmap(),
> we create a migration entry, and if pte_write we set it to SWP_MIGRATION_WRITE,
> which will replace the migration entry with the original pte.
>
> When migratepage, we go to fallback_migrate_page to execute a writeout
> if the migratepage is not supported.
>
> In the writeout, we call clear_page_dirty_for_io to clear the dirty bit of the page
> and use page_mkclean to clear pte _PAGE_RW with pte_wrprotect in page_mkclean_one.
>
> However, page_mkclean_one does not support migration entries, so the
> migration entry is still SWP_MIGRATION_WRITE.
>
> In writeout, then we call remove_migration_ptes to remove the migration entry,
> because it is still SWP_MIGRATION_WRITE so set _PAGE_RW to pte via pte_mkwrite.
>
> Therefore, subsequent mmap wirte will not trigger page_mkwrite to cause data loss.

Hm, okay.

Folks, is there any good reason why try_to_unmap(TTU_MIGRATION) should not
clear PTE (make the PTE none) for file page?

--
Kirill A. Shutemov

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