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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2020-08-07 21:39:33 +0300 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2020-08-07 21:39:33 +0300 |
commit | 81e11336d97e7a4c25a65c302ef2bf9cd9808ed4 (patch) | |
tree | 44e069e0bb26068137a1bda7ca5125c5b068b4ab /Documentation | |
parent | 5631c5e0eb9035d92ceb20fcd9cdb7779a3f5cc7 (diff) | |
parent | 912c05720f00d039103d356a59c37dc7c3995e01 (diff) | |
download | linux-81e11336d97e7a4c25a65c302ef2bf9cd9808ed4.tar.xz |
Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)
Merge misc updates from Andrew Morton:
- a few MM hotfixes
- kthread, tools, scripts, ntfs and ocfs2
- some of MM
Subsystems affected by this patch series: kthread, tools, scripts, ntfs,
ocfs2 and mm (hofixes, pagealloc, slab-generic, slab, slub, kcsan,
debug, pagecache, gup, swap, shmem, memcg, pagemap, mremap, mincore,
sparsemem, vmalloc, kasan, pagealloc, hugetlb and vmscan).
* emailed patches from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>: (162 commits)
mm: vmscan: consistent update to pgrefill
mm/vmscan.c: fix typo
khugepaged: khugepaged_test_exit() check mmget_still_valid()
khugepaged: retract_page_tables() remember to test exit
khugepaged: collapse_pte_mapped_thp() protect the pmd lock
khugepaged: collapse_pte_mapped_thp() flush the right range
mm/hugetlb: fix calculation of adjust_range_if_pmd_sharing_possible
mm: thp: replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones
mm/page_alloc: fix memalloc_nocma_{save/restore} APIs
mm/page_alloc.c: skip setting nodemask when we are in interrupt
mm/page_alloc: fallbacks at most has 3 elements
mm/page_alloc: silence a KASAN false positive
mm/page_alloc.c: remove unnecessary end_bitidx for [set|get]_pfnblock_flags_mask()
mm/page_alloc.c: simplify pageblock bitmap access
mm/page_alloc.c: extract the common part in pfn_to_bitidx()
mm/page_alloc.c: replace the definition of NR_MIGRATETYPE_BITS with PB_migratetype_bits
mm/shuffle: remove dynamic reconfiguration
mm/memory_hotplug: document why shuffle_zone() is relevant
mm/page_alloc: remove nr_free_pagecache_pages()
mm: remove vm_total_pages
...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst | 10 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/dlmfs.rst | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.rst | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.rst | 18 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vm/arch_pgtable_helpers.rst | 258 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vm/memory-model.rst | 9 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vm/slub.rst | 37 |
8 files changed, 316 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 00b993aa9365..98ea67f27809 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -4693,7 +4693,7 @@ fragmentation. Defaults to 1 for systems with more than 32MB of RAM, 0 otherwise. - slub_debug[=options[,slabs]] [MM, SLUB] + slub_debug[=options[,slabs][;[options[,slabs]]...] [MM, SLUB] Enabling slub_debug allows one to determine the culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling slub_debug can create guard zones around objects and diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst index c652d740735d..38fd5681fade 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst @@ -13,11 +13,8 @@ KASAN uses compile-time instrumentation to insert validity checks before every memory access, and therefore requires a compiler version that supports that. Generic KASAN is supported in both GCC and Clang. With GCC it requires version -4.9.2 or later for basic support and version 5.0 or later for detection of -out-of-bounds accesses for stack and global variables and for inline -instrumentation mode (see the Usage section). With Clang it requires version -7.0.0 or later and it doesn't support detection of out-of-bounds accesses for -global variables yet. +8.3.0 or later. With Clang it requires version 7.0.0 or later, but detection of +out-of-bounds accesses for global variables is only supported since Clang 11. Tag-based KASAN is only supported in Clang and requires version 7.0.0 or later. @@ -193,6 +190,9 @@ function calls GCC directly inserts the code to check the shadow memory. This option significantly enlarges kernel but it gives x1.1-x2 performance boost over outline instrumented kernel. +Generic KASAN prints up to 2 call_rcu() call stacks in reports, the last one +and the second to last. + Software tag-based KASAN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/dlmfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/dlmfs.rst index 68daaa7facf9..28dd41a63be2 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/dlmfs.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/dlmfs.rst @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ dlmfs is built with OCFS2 as it requires most of its infrastructure. :Project web page: http://ocfs2.wiki.kernel.org :Tools web page: https://github.com/markfasheh/ocfs2-tools -:OCFS2 mailing lists: http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2/mailman/ +:OCFS2 mailing lists: https://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2/mailman/ All code copyright 2005 Oracle except when otherwise noted. diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.rst index 412386bc6506..42ca9a3d4c6e 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.rst @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ get "mount.ocfs2" and "ocfs2_hb_ctl". Project web page: http://ocfs2.wiki.kernel.org Tools git tree: https://github.com/markfasheh/ocfs2-tools -OCFS2 mailing lists: http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2/mailman/ +OCFS2 mailing lists: https://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2/mailman/ All code copyright 2005 Oracle except when otherwise noted. diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.rst index 4e95929301a5..c44f8b1d3cab 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.rst @@ -150,6 +150,22 @@ These options do not have any effect on remount. You can change these parameters with chmod(1), chown(1) and chgrp(1) on a mounted filesystem. +tmpfs has a mount option to select whether it will wrap at 32- or 64-bit inode +numbers: + +======= ======================== +inode64 Use 64-bit inode numbers +inode32 Use 32-bit inode numbers +======= ======================== + +On a 32-bit kernel, inode32 is implicit, and inode64 is refused at mount time. +On a 64-bit kernel, CONFIG_TMPFS_INODE64 sets the default. inode64 avoids the +possibility of multiple files with the same inode number on a single device; +but risks glibc failing with EOVERFLOW once 33-bit inode numbers are reached - +if a long-lived tmpfs is accessed by 32-bit applications so ancient that +opening a file larger than 2GiB fails with EINVAL. + + So 'mount -t tmpfs -o size=10G,nr_inodes=10k,mode=700 tmpfs /mytmpfs' will give you tmpfs instance on /mytmpfs which can allocate 10GB RAM/SWAP in 10240 inodes and it is only accessible by root. @@ -161,3 +177,5 @@ RAM/SWAP in 10240 inodes and it is only accessible by root. Hugh Dickins, 4 June 2007 :Updated: KOSAKI Motohiro, 16 Mar 2010 +:Updated: + Chris Down, 13 July 2020 diff --git a/Documentation/vm/arch_pgtable_helpers.rst b/Documentation/vm/arch_pgtable_helpers.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..f3591ee3aaa8 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/vm/arch_pgtable_helpers.rst @@ -0,0 +1,258 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +.. _arch_page_table_helpers: + +=============================== +Architecture Page Table Helpers +=============================== + +Generic MM expects architectures (with MMU) to provide helpers to create, access +and modify page table entries at various level for different memory functions. +These page table helpers need to conform to a common semantics across platforms. +Following tables describe the expected semantics which can also be tested during +boot via CONFIG_DEBUG_VM_PGTABLE option. All future changes in here or the debug +test need to be in sync. + +====================== +PTE Page Table Helpers +====================== + ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pte_same | Tests whether both PTE entries are the same | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pte_bad | Tests a non-table mapped PTE | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pte_present | Tests a valid mapped PTE | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pte_young | Tests a young PTE | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pte_dirty | Tests a dirty PTE | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pte_write | Tests a writable PTE | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pte_special | Tests a special PTE | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pte_protnone | Tests a PROT_NONE PTE | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pte_devmap | Tests a ZONE_DEVICE mapped PTE | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pte_soft_dirty | Tests a soft dirty PTE | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pte_swp_soft_dirty | Tests a soft dirty swapped PTE | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pte_mkyoung | Creates a young PTE | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pte_mkold | Creates an old PTE | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pte_mkdirty | Creates a dirty PTE | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pte_mkclean | Creates a clean PTE | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pte_mkwrite | Creates a writable PTE | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pte_mkwrprotect | Creates a write protected PTE | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pte_mkspecial | Creates a special PTE | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pte_mkdevmap | Creates a ZONE_DEVICE mapped PTE | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pte_mksoft_dirty | Creates a soft dirty PTE | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pte_clear_soft_dirty | Clears a soft dirty PTE | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pte_swp_mksoft_dirty | Creates a soft dirty swapped PTE | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pte_swp_clear_soft_dirty | Clears a soft dirty swapped PTE | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pte_mknotpresent | Invalidates a mapped PTE | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| ptep_get_and_clear | Clears a PTE | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| ptep_get_and_clear_full | Clears a PTE | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| ptep_test_and_clear_young | Clears young from a PTE | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| ptep_set_wrprotect | Converts into a write protected PTE | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| ptep_set_access_flags | Converts into a more permissive PTE | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ + +====================== +PMD Page Table Helpers +====================== + ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pmd_same | Tests whether both PMD entries are the same | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pmd_bad | Tests a non-table mapped PMD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pmd_leaf | Tests a leaf mapped PMD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pmd_huge | Tests a HugeTLB mapped PMD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pmd_trans_huge | Tests a Transparent Huge Page (THP) at PMD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pmd_present | Tests a valid mapped PMD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pmd_young | Tests a young PMD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pmd_dirty | Tests a dirty PMD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pmd_write | Tests a writable PMD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pmd_special | Tests a special PMD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pmd_protnone | Tests a PROT_NONE PMD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pmd_devmap | Tests a ZONE_DEVICE mapped PMD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pmd_soft_dirty | Tests a soft dirty PMD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pmd_swp_soft_dirty | Tests a soft dirty swapped PMD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pmd_mkyoung | Creates a young PMD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pmd_mkold | Creates an old PMD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pmd_mkdirty | Creates a dirty PMD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pmd_mkclean | Creates a clean PMD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pmd_mkwrite | Creates a writable PMD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pmd_mkwrprotect | Creates a write protected PMD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pmd_mkspecial | Creates a special PMD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pmd_mkdevmap | Creates a ZONE_DEVICE mapped PMD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pmd_mksoft_dirty | Creates a soft dirty PMD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pmd_clear_soft_dirty | Clears a soft dirty PMD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pmd_swp_mksoft_dirty | Creates a soft dirty swapped PMD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pmd_swp_clear_soft_dirty | Clears a soft dirty swapped PMD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pmd_mkinvalid | Invalidates a mapped PMD [1] | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pmd_set_huge | Creates a PMD huge mapping | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pmd_clear_huge | Clears a PMD huge mapping | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pmdp_get_and_clear | Clears a PMD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pmdp_get_and_clear_full | Clears a PMD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pmdp_test_and_clear_young | Clears young from a PMD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pmdp_set_wrprotect | Converts into a write protected PMD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pmdp_set_access_flags | Converts into a more permissive PMD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ + +====================== +PUD Page Table Helpers +====================== + ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pud_same | Tests whether both PUD entries are the same | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pud_bad | Tests a non-table mapped PUD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pud_leaf | Tests a leaf mapped PUD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pud_huge | Tests a HugeTLB mapped PUD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pud_trans_huge | Tests a Transparent Huge Page (THP) at PUD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pud_present | Tests a valid mapped PUD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pud_young | Tests a young PUD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pud_dirty | Tests a dirty PUD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pud_write | Tests a writable PUD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pud_devmap | Tests a ZONE_DEVICE mapped PUD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pud_mkyoung | Creates a young PUD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pud_mkold | Creates an old PUD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pud_mkdirty | Creates a dirty PUD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pud_mkclean | Creates a clean PUD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pud_mkwrite | Creates a writable PUD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pud_mkwrprotect | Creates a write protected PUD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pud_mkdevmap | Creates a ZONE_DEVICE mapped PUD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pud_mkinvalid | Invalidates a mapped PUD [1] | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pud_set_huge | Creates a PUD huge mapping | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pud_clear_huge | Clears a PUD huge mapping | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pudp_get_and_clear | Clears a PUD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pudp_get_and_clear_full | Clears a PUD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pudp_test_and_clear_young | Clears young from a PUD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pudp_set_wrprotect | Converts into a write protected PUD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pudp_set_access_flags | Converts into a more permissive PUD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ + +========================== +HugeTLB Page Table Helpers +========================== + ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pte_huge | Tests a HugeTLB | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| pte_mkhuge | Creates a HugeTLB | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| huge_pte_dirty | Tests a dirty HugeTLB | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| huge_pte_write | Tests a writable HugeTLB | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| huge_pte_mkdirty | Creates a dirty HugeTLB | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| huge_pte_mkwrite | Creates a writable HugeTLB | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| huge_pte_mkwrprotect | Creates a write protected HugeTLB | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| huge_ptep_get_and_clear | Clears a HugeTLB | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| huge_ptep_set_wrprotect | Converts into a write protected HugeTLB | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| huge_ptep_set_access_flags | Converts into a more permissive HugeTLB | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ + +======================== +SWAP Page Table Helpers +======================== + ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| __pte_to_swp_entry | Creates a swapped entry (arch) from a mapped PTE | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| __swp_to_pte_entry | Creates a mapped PTE from a swapped entry (arch) | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| __pmd_to_swp_entry | Creates a swapped entry (arch) from a mapped PMD | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| __swp_to_pmd_entry | Creates a mapped PMD from a swapped entry (arch) | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| is_migration_entry | Tests a migration (read or write) swapped entry | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| is_write_migration_entry | Tests a write migration swapped entry | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| make_migration_entry_read | Converts into read migration swapped entry | ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| make_migration_entry | Creates a migration swapped entry (read or write)| ++---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ + +[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20181017020930.GN30832@redhat.com/ diff --git a/Documentation/vm/memory-model.rst b/Documentation/vm/memory-model.rst index cc65bc85d260..769449734573 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/memory-model.rst +++ b/Documentation/vm/memory-model.rst @@ -141,11 +141,8 @@ sections: `mem_section` objects and the number of rows is calculated to fit all the memory sections. -The architecture setup code should call :c:func:`memory_present` for -each active memory range or use :c:func:`memblocks_present` or -:c:func:`sparse_memory_present_with_active_regions` wrappers to -initialize the memory sections. Next, the actual memory maps should be -set up using :c:func:`sparse_init`. +The architecture setup code should call sparse_init() to +initialize the memory sections and the memory maps. With SPARSEMEM there are two possible ways to convert a PFN to the corresponding `struct page` - a "classic sparse" and "sparse @@ -178,7 +175,7 @@ for persistent memory devices in pre-allocated storage on those devices. This storage is represented with :c:type:`struct vmem_altmap` that is eventually passed to vmemmap_populate() through a long chain of function calls. The vmemmap_populate() implementation may use the -`vmem_altmap` along with :c:func:`altmap_alloc_block_buf` helper to +`vmem_altmap` along with :c:func:`vmemmap_alloc_block_buf` helper to allocate memory map on the persistent memory device. ZONE_DEVICE diff --git a/Documentation/vm/slub.rst b/Documentation/vm/slub.rst index 4eee598555c9..289d231cee97 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/slub.rst +++ b/Documentation/vm/slub.rst @@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ slub_debug=<Debug-Options>,<slab name1>,<slab name2>,... Enable options only for select slabs (no spaces after a comma) +Multiple blocks of options for all slabs or selected slabs can be given, with +blocks of options delimited by ';'. The last of "all slabs" blocks is applied +to all slabs except those that match one of the "select slabs" block. Options +of the first "select slabs" blocks that matches the slab's name are applied. + Possible debug options are:: F Sanity checks on (enables SLAB_DEBUG_CONSISTENCY_CHECKS @@ -83,17 +88,33 @@ switch off debugging for such caches by default, use:: slub_debug=O -In case you forgot to enable debugging on the kernel command line: It is -possible to enable debugging manually when the kernel is up. Look at the -contents of:: +You can apply different options to different list of slab names, using blocks +of options. This will enable red zoning for dentry and user tracking for +kmalloc. All other slabs will not get any debugging enabled:: + + slub_debug=Z,dentry;U,kmalloc-* + +You can also enable options (e.g. sanity checks and poisoning) for all caches +except some that are deemed too performance critical and don't need to be +debugged by specifying global debug options followed by a list of slab names +with "-" as options:: + + slub_debug=FZ;-,zs_handle,zspage + +The state of each debug option for a slab can be found in the respective files +under:: /sys/kernel/slab/<slab name>/ -Look at the writable files. Writing 1 to them will enable the -corresponding debug option. All options can be set on a slab that does -not contain objects. If the slab already contains objects then sanity checks -and tracing may only be enabled. The other options may cause the realignment -of objects. +If the file contains 1, the option is enabled, 0 means disabled. The debug +options from the ``slub_debug`` parameter translate to the following files:: + + F sanity_checks + Z red_zone + P poison + U store_user + T trace + A failslab Careful with tracing: It may spew out lots of information and never stop if used on the wrong slab. |