The unmapped page separates the tip of the stack and possible adjanced
segment, making some uses of stack overflow harder. The stack growing
code refuses to expand the segment to the last page of the reseved
region when sysctl security.bsd.stack_guard_page is set to 1. The
default value for sysctl and accompanying tunable is 0.
Please note that mmap(MAP_FIXED) still can place a mapping right up to
the stack, making continuous region.
Reviewed by: alc
MFC after: 1 week
ensure that grow_amount is a multiple of the page size. Otherwise, the
kernel may crash in swap_reserve_by_uid() on HEAD and FreeBSD 8.x, and
produce a core file with a missing stack on FreeBSD 7.x.
Diagnosed and reported by: jilles
Reviewed by: kib
MFC after: 1 week
its value as a loop invariant. Currently this is a no-op because
'atomic_cmpset_int()' clobbers all memory on current architectures.
- Use atomic_fetchadd_int() instead of an atomic_cmpset_int() loop to drop
a reference in vmspace_free().
Reviewed by: alc
MFC after: 1 month
addresses that is greater than a superpage in size but not a multiple of
the superpage size, then vm_map_find() is not always expanding the kernel
pmap to support the last few small pages being allocated. These failures
are not commonplace, so this was first noticed by someone porting FreeBSD
to a new architecture. Previously, we grew the kernel page table in
vm_map_findspace() when we found the first available virtual address.
This works most of the time because we always grow the kernel pmap or page
table by an amount that is a multiple of the superpage size. Now, instead,
we defer the call to pmap_growkernel() until we are committed to a range
of virtual addresses in vm_map_insert(). In general, there is another
reason to prefer calling pmap_growkernel() in vm_map_insert(). It makes
it possible for someone to do the equivalent of an mmap(MAP_FIXED) on the
kernel map.
Reported by: Svatopluk Kraus
Reviewed by: kib@
MFC after: 3 weeks
vm_map_unlock_nodefer() part of the synchronization interface for maps.
Add comments to vm_map_unlock_and_wait() and vm_map_wakeup() describing
how they should be used. In particular, describe the deferred deallocations
issue with vm_map_unlock_and_wait().
Redo the implementation of vm_map_unlock_and_wait() so that it passes
along the caller's file and line information, just like the other map
locking primitives.
Reviewed by: kib
X-MFC after: r212824
on map unlock to the lock downgrade and later read unlock operation.
System map entries cannot be backed by OBJT_VNODE objects, no need to
defer deallocation for them. Map entries from user maps do not require
the owner map for deallocation, and can be accumulated in the
thread-local list for freeing when a user map is unlocked.
Move the collection of entries for deferred reclamation into
vm_map_delete(). Create helper vm_map_process_deferred(), that is
called from locations where processing is feasible. Do not process
deferred entries in vm_map_unlock_and_wait() since map_sleep_mtx is
held.
Reviewed by: alc, rstone (previous versions)
Tested by: pho
MFC after: 2 weeks
pmap_is_referenced(). Eliminate the corresponding page queues lock
acquisitions from vm_map_pmap_enter() and mincore(), respectively. In
mincore(), this allows some additional cases to complete without ever
acquiring the page queues lock.
Assert that the page is managed in pmap_is_referenced().
On powerpc/aim, push down the page queues lock acquisition from
moea*_is_modified() and moea*_is_referenced() into moea*_query_bit().
Again, this will allow some additional cases to complete without ever
acquiring the page queues lock.
Reorder a few statements in vm_page_dontneed() so that a race can't lead
to an old reference persisting. This scenario is described in detail by a
comment.
Correct a spelling error in vm_page_dontneed().
Assert that the object is locked in vm_page_clear_dirty(), and restrict the
page queues lock assertion to just those cases in which the page is
currently writeable.
Add object locking to vnode_pager_generic_putpages(). This was the one
and only place where vm_page_clear_dirty() was being called without the
object being locked.
Eliminate an unnecessary vm_page_lock() around vnode_pager_setsize()'s call
to vm_page_clear_dirty().
Change vnode_pager_generic_putpages() to the modern-style of function
definition. Also, change the name of one of the parameters to follow
virtual memory system naming conventions.
Reviewed by: kib
specified to vm_map_find(), then retry the vm_map_findspace() if
vm_map_insert() fails because the aligned space is already partly used.
Reported by: Neel Natu
address space for an address as aligned by the new pmap_align_tlb()
function, which is for constraints imposed by the TLB. [1]
o) Add a kmem_alloc_nofault_space() function, which acts like
kmem_alloc_nofault() but allows the caller to specify which find-space
option to use. [1]
o) Use kmem_alloc_nofault_space() with VMFS_TLB_ALIGNED_SPACE to allocate the
kernel stack address on MIPS. [1]
o) Make pmap_align_tlb() on MIPS align addresses so that they do not start on
an odd boundary within the TLB, so that they are suitable for insertion as
wired entries and do not have to share a TLB entry with another mapping,
assuming they are appropriately-sized.
o) Eliminate md_realstack now that the kstack will be appropriately-aligned on
MIPS.
o) Increase the number of guard pages to 2 so that we retain the proper
alignment of the kstack address.
Reviewed by: [1] alc
X-MFC-after: Making sure alc has not come up with a better interface.
represented a write access that is allowed to override write protection.
Until now, VM_PROT_OVERRIDE_WRITE has been used to write breakpoints into
text pages. Text pages are not just write protected but they are also
copy-on-write. VM_PROT_OVERRIDE_WRITE overrides the write protection on the
text page and triggers the replication of the page so that the breakpoint
will be written to a private copy. However, here is where things become
confused. It is the debugger, not the process being debugged that requires
write access to the copied page. Nonetheless, the copied page is being
mapped into the process with write access enabled. In other words, once the
debugger sets a breakpoint within a text page, the program can write to its
private copy of that text page. Whereas prior to setting the breakpoint, a
SIGSEGV would have occurred upon a write access. VM_PROT_COPY addresses
this problem. The combination of VM_PROT_READ and VM_PROT_COPY forces the
replication of a copy-on-write page even though the access is only for read.
Moreover, the replicated page is only mapped into the process with read
access, and not write access.
Reviewed by: kib
MFC after: 4 weeks
pages.
(Note: Claims made in the comments about the handling of breakpoints in
wired pages have been false for roughly a decade. This and another bug
involving breakpoints will be fixed in coming changes.)
Reviewed by: kib
install new shadow object behind the map entry and copy the pages
from the underlying objects to it. This makes the mprotect(2) call to
actually perform the requested operation instead of silently do nothing
and return success, that causes SIGSEGV on later write access to the
mapping.
Reuse vm_fault_copy_entry() to do the copying, modifying it to behave
correctly when src_entry == dst_entry.
Reviewed by: alc
MFC after: 3 weeks
a device pager (OBJT_DEVICE) object in that it uses fictitious pages to
provide aliases to other memory addresses. The primary difference is that
it uses an sglist(9) to determine the physical addresses for a given offset
into the object instead of invoking the d_mmap() method in a device driver.
Reviewed by: alc
Approved by: re (kensmith)
MFC after: 2 weeks
non-readable and non-executable map entry, the entry is skipped from
wiring and loop is aborted. But, since MAP_ENTRY_WIRE_SKIPPED was not
set for the map entry, its wired_count is later erronously decremented.
vm_map_delete(9) for such map entry stuck in "vmmaps".
Properly set MAP_ENTRY_WIRE_SKIPPED when aborting the loop.
Reported by: John Marshall <john.marshall riverwillow com au>
Approved by: re (kensmith)
charge the objects created by vm_fault_copy_entry. The object charge
was set, but reserve not incremented.
Reported by: Greg Rivers <gcr+freebsd-current tharned org>
Reviewed by: alc (previous version)
Approved by: re (kensmith)
rlimit RLIMIT_SWAP that limits the amount of swap that may be reserved
for the uid.
The accounting information (charge) is associated with either map entry,
or vm object backing the entry, assuming the object is the first one
in the shadow chain and entry does not require COW. Charge is moved
from entry to object on allocation of the object, e.g. during the mmap,
assuming the object is allocated, or on the first page fault on the
entry. It moves back to the entry on forks due to COW setup.
The per-entry granularity of accounting makes the charge process fair
for processes that change uid during lifetime, and decrements charge
for proper uid when region is unmapped.
The interface of vm_pager_allocate(9) is extended by adding struct ucred *,
that is used to charge appropriate uid when allocation if performed by
kernel, e.g. md(4).
Several syscalls, among them is fork(2), may now return ENOMEM when
global or per-uid limits are enforced.
In collaboration with: pho
Reviewed by: alc
Approved by: re (kensmith)
vm_map_pmap_enter(). The immediate effect of this change is that automatic
prefaulting by mmap() for small mappings is performed on POSIX shared memory
objects just the same as it is on ordinary files.
busy count. Only mappings that allow write access should be prevented by
a non-zero busy count.
(The prohibition on mapping pages for read access when they have a non-
zero busy count originated in revision 1.202 of i386/i386/pmap.c when
this code was a part of the pmap.)
Reviewed by: tegge
the mappings without any of read and execution rights, in particular,
the PROT_NONE entries. This makes mlockall(2) work for the process
address space that has such mappings.
Since protection mode of the entry may change between setting
MAP_ENTRY_IN_TRANSITION and final pass over the region that records
the wire status of the entries, allocate new map entry flag
MAP_ENTRY_WIRE_SKIPPED to mark the skipped PROT_NONE entries.
Reported and tested by: Hans Ottevanger <fbsdhackers beasties demon nl>
Reviewed by: alc
MFC after: 3 weeks
function, done in r188334. Instead, collect the entries that shall be
freed, in the deferred_freelist member of the map. Automatically purge
the deferred freelist when map is unlocked.
Tested by: pho
Reviewed by: alc
hold the map lock there, and might need the vnode lock for OBJT_VNODE
objects. Postpone object deallocation until caller of vm_map_delete()
drops the map lock. Link the map entries to be freed into the freelist,
that is released by the new helper function vm_map_entry_free_freelist().
Reviewed by: tegge, alc
Tested by: pho
Reference object, drop the map lock, and then call vm_object_sync().
The object sync might require vnode lock for OBJT_VNODE type objects.
Reviewed by: tegge
Tested by: pho
describing why several calls to vm_deallocate_object() with locked map
do not result in the acquisition of the vnode lock after map lock.
Suggested and reviewed by: tegge
be accessible outside vmspace_fork() yet, but locking it would satisfy
the protocol of the vm_map_entry_link() and other functions called
from vmspace_fork().
Use trylock that is supposedly cannot fail, to silence WITNESS warning
of the nested acquisition of the sx lock with the same name.
Suggested and reviewed by: tegge
vm_map_lookup{,_locked}() to vm_map_lookup_entry(). Having the fast path
in vm_map_lookup{,_locked}() limits its benefits to page faults. Moving
it to vm_map_lookup_entry() extends its benefits to other operations on
the vm map.
PowerPC/AIM. Consequently, it should not be used to determine the maximum
number of kernel map entries. Intead, use VM_MIN_KERNEL_ADDRESS, which marks
the start of the kernel map on all architectures.
Tested by: marcel@ (PowerPC/AIM)
support for VMFS_ALIGNED_SPACE, which requests the allocation of an
address range best suited to superpages. The old options TRUE and FALSE
are mapped to VMFS_ANY_SPACE and VMFS_NO_SPACE, so that there is no
immediate need to update all of vm_map_find(9)'s callers.
While I'm here, correct a misstatement about vm_map_find(9)'s return
values in the man page.
While the KSE project was quite successful in bringing threading to
FreeBSD, the M:N approach taken by the kse library was never developed
to its full potential. Backwards compatibility will be provided via
libmap.conf for dynamically linked binaries and static binaries will
be broken.
silent NULL pointer dereference in the i386 and sparc64 pmap_pinit()
when the kmem_alloc_nofault() failed to allocate address space. Both
functions now return error instead of panicing or dereferencing NULL.
As consequence, vmspace_exec() and vmspace_unshare() returns the errno
int. struct vmspace arg was added to vm_forkproc() to avoid dealing
with failed allocation when most of the fork1() job is already done.
The kernel stack for the thread is now set up in the thread_alloc(),
that itself may return NULL. Also, allocation of the first process
thread is performed in the fork1() to properly deal with stack
allocation failure. proc_linkup() is separated into proc_linkup()
called from fork1(), and proc_linkup0(), that is used to set up the
kernel process (was known as swapper).
In collaboration with: Peter Holm
Reviewed by: jhb
since revision 1.1. Specifically, neither traversal of the vm map checks
whether the end of the vm map has been reached. Consequently, the first
traversal can wrap around and bogusly return an error.
This error has gone unnoticed for so long because no one had ever before
tried msync(2)ing a region above the stack.
Reported by: peter
MFC after: 1 week
ways:
(1) Cached pages are no longer kept in the object's resident page
splay tree and memq. Instead, they are kept in a separate per-object
splay tree of cached pages. However, access to this new per-object
splay tree is synchronized by the _free_ page queues lock, not to be
confused with the heavily contended page queues lock. Consequently, a
cached page can be reclaimed by vm_page_alloc(9) without acquiring the
object's lock or the page queues lock.
This solves a problem independently reported by tegge@ and Isilon.
Specifically, they observed the page daemon consuming a great deal of
CPU time because of pages bouncing back and forth between the cache
queue (PQ_CACHE) and the inactive queue (PQ_INACTIVE). The source of
this problem turned out to be a deadlock avoidance strategy employed
when selecting a cached page to reclaim in vm_page_select_cache().
However, the root cause was really that reclaiming a cached page
required the acquisition of an object lock while the page queues lock
was already held. Thus, this change addresses the problem at its
root, by eliminating the need to acquire the object's lock.
Moreover, keeping cached pages in the object's primary splay tree and
memq was, in effect, optimizing for the uncommon case. Cached pages
are reclaimed far, far more often than they are reactivated. Instead,
this change makes reclamation cheaper, especially in terms of
synchronization overhead, and reactivation more expensive, because
reactivated pages will have to be reentered into the object's primary
splay tree and memq.
(2) Cached pages are now stored alongside free pages in the physical
memory allocator's buddy queues, increasing the likelihood that large
allocations of contiguous physical memory (i.e., superpages) will
succeed.
Finally, as a result of this change long-standing restrictions on when
and where a cached page can be reclaimed and returned by
vm_page_alloc(9) are eliminated. Specifically, calls to
vm_page_alloc(9) specifying VM_ALLOC_INTERRUPT can now reclaim and
return a formerly cached page. Consequently, a call to malloc(9)
specifying M_NOWAIT is less likely to fail.
Discussed with: many over the course of the summer, including jeff@,
Justin Husted @ Isilon, peter@, tegge@
Tested by: an earlier version by kris@
Approved by: re (kensmith)
