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Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 15:01:18 -0400
From: Kimball Murray <kmurray@redhat.com>
Subject: [RHEL5 Patch 1/1 revised patch] x86_64 dirty page tracking feature (BZ-209173)

This patch makes the previous patch obsolete.  The previous patch would have
called vmalloc at boot time on all x86_64 systems, wasting a tiny bit of
memory.  Only Stratus servers actually need to do this vmalloc, so I pulled
it from the initcall.  Please review this patch instead.

Changes from previous patch:

vmalloc no longer called from initcall function.
	mm_track_init(...) now takes num_pages as an arg.
	added mm_track_exit() to vfree the vmalloc'd memory.

Note: only Stratus will use these mm_track_init/exit functions.

>From previous post:
------------------
This patch submission provides the kernel mechanism for the memory-tracking
functionality (Stratus) that exists in RHEL4.  It has been kept as close as
possible to the RHEL4 version, except for the following:

1. Macro changes in pgtable.h.  RHEL5 uses different page table macros.

RHEL4 => pml4 -> pgd -> pmd -> pte
	RHEL5 => pgd  -> pud -> pmd -> pte

Luckily, most of the VM changes affect the Stratus module, and not the
   kernel patch.

2. Moved mm_track functions out of arch/x86_64/mm/init.c and into their own
   file, arch/x86_64/mm/track.c.

3. Added Stratus copyright info and GPL notice to mm_track.h and track.c.

4. Incorporated upstream feedback:

Got rid of many #ifdef's
	Used static inline stub functions for type-checking rather than
		#defines
	Removed ability to to replace default tracking functions by
		changing function pointers.  I felt this made the patch
		more flexible for other users, but upstream was fussy
		about this, so out they came.

Upstream Status:
---------------

The first version of this I submitted to lkml triggered responses from both
Andi Kleen and Andrew Morton.  Andrew Morton provided most of the feedback
that led to the changes outlined in "4." above.  Andi Kleen said he was
receptive to this patch in the mainline but only if Stratus was willing to
migrate some of its module code into the kernel as well.  I am putting that
together now, but I recognize that it would therefore make the kernel patch
larger.  From Redhat's risk perspective, my preference would be to make the
kernel patch as small as possible, and as similar to the RHEL4 patch as
possible.  But this is at odds with what Andi Kleen is asking for.

So then I hit upon the idea of a 2-layer patch.  The first layer is
essentially this patch, and the 2nd layer would bring in the Stratus module
functionality.  I am not now asking for the 2nd layer to be pulled into RHEL5,
but I believe offering this 2nd layer will satisfy Mr. Kleen.  The 2nd layer
is harder to develop and test, especially since Stratus is still debugging
the hardware for it.  If, however, the 2nd layer is eventually pulled back
into RHEL5 via another snapshot pull, Stratus may at that time elect to use
the 2nd layer in the kernel, or stay with their current implementation in the
module.

I also expect that this 2-layer approach would leave an opening for folks to
do Xen guest OS migrations (or things like it) using the 1st patch, and then
implementing their own layer 2 on top of it.  As much as possible, I did not
wish to make this upstream patch Stratus-specific, and the 2-layer approach
made this easier.  So for now, I am providing layer 1.

Testing:
-------

Given that Stratus is still debugging next-generation hardware, I have not had
the ability to test that this patch works for Stratus purposes.  All I have
been able to do is verify through regressions testing that it doesn't seem to
hurt anybody else.

I'm asking that those familiar with the RHEL4 version and purpose of this
patch, please give it a look and provide feedback/ACKs for RHEL5.

Thanks,

-Kimball

Revised patch:
------------------ snip ---------------
diff -Naur linux-2.6.18-1.2717-orig/arch/x86_64/Kconfig linux-2.6.18-1.2717/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
--- linux-2.6.18-1.2717-orig/arch/x86_64/Kconfig	2006-10-16 11:25:32.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.18-1.2717/arch/x86_64/Kconfig	2006-10-16 11:29:03.000000000 -0400
@@ -416,6 +416,17 @@
 config ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
 	def_bool y
 
+config TRACK_DIRTY_PAGES
+	bool "Enable dirty page tracking"
+	depends on X86_64
+	default n
+	help
+	  Turning this on allows third party modules to use a
+	  kernel interface that can track dirty page generation
+	  in the system.  This can be used to copy/mirror live
+	  memory to another system, or perhaps even a replacement
+	  DIMM.  Most users will say n here.
+
 config HPET_TIMER
 	bool
 	depends on !X86_64_XEN
diff -Naur linux-2.6.18-1.2717-orig/arch/x86_64/mm/Makefile linux-2.6.18-1.2717/arch/x86_64/mm/Makefile
--- linux-2.6.18-1.2717-orig/arch/x86_64/mm/Makefile	2006-10-16 11:25:26.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.18-1.2717/arch/x86_64/mm/Makefile	2006-10-16 11:29:03.000000000 -0400
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_NUMA) += numa.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_K8_NUMA) += k8topology.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_NUMA) += srat.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_TRACK_DIRTY_PAGES) += track.o
 
 hugetlbpage-y = ../../i386/mm/hugetlbpage.o
 
diff -Naur linux-2.6.18-1.2717-orig/arch/x86_64/mm/track.c linux-2.6.18-1.2717/arch/x86_64/mm/track.c
--- linux-2.6.18-1.2717-orig/arch/x86_64/mm/track.c	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.18-1.2717/arch/x86_64/mm/track.c	2006-10-16 12:56:38.000000000 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+/*
+ * Low-level routines for marking dirty pages of a running system in a
+ * bitmap.  Allows memory mirror or migration strategies to be implemented.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2006 Stratus Technologies Bermuda Ltd.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ */
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+#include <asm/atomic.h>
+#include <asm/mm_track.h>
+#include <asm/pgtable.h>
+
+/*
+ * For memory-tracking purposes, see mm_track.h for details.
+ */
+struct mm_tracker mm_tracking_struct = {0, ATOMIC_INIT(0), 0, 0};
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(mm_tracking_struct);
+
+void do_mm_track_pte(void * val)
+{
+	pte_t *ptep = (pte_t*)val;
+	unsigned long pfn;
+
+	if (!pte_present(*ptep))
+		return;
+
+	if (!pte_val(*ptep) & _PAGE_DIRTY)
+		return;
+
+	pfn = pte_pfn(*ptep);
+
+	if (pfn >= mm_tracking_struct.bitcnt)
+		return;
+
+	if (!test_and_set_bit(pfn, mm_tracking_struct.vector))
+		atomic_inc(&mm_tracking_struct.count);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(do_mm_track_pte);
+
+#define LARGE_PMD_SIZE	(1 << PMD_SHIFT)
+
+void do_mm_track_pmd(void *val)
+{
+	int i;
+	pte_t *pte;
+	pmd_t *pmd = (pmd_t*)val;
+
+	if (!pmd_present(*pmd))
+		return;
+
+	if (unlikely(pmd_large(*pmd))) {
+		unsigned long addr, end;
+
+		if (!pte_val(*(pte_t*)val) & _PAGE_DIRTY)
+			return;
+
+		addr = pte_pfn(*(pte_t*)val) << PAGE_SHIFT;
+		end = addr + LARGE_PMD_SIZE;
+
+		while (addr < end) {
+			do_mm_track_phys((void*)addr);
+			addr +=  PAGE_SIZE;
+		}
+		return;
+	}
+
+	pte = pte_offset_kernel(pmd, 0);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < PTRS_PER_PTE; i++, pte++)
+		do_mm_track_pte(pte);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(do_mm_track_pmd);
+
+static inline void track_as_pte(void *val) {
+	unsigned long pfn = pte_pfn(*(pte_t*)val);
+	if (pfn >= mm_tracking_struct.bitcnt)
+		return;
+
+	if (!test_and_set_bit(pfn, mm_tracking_struct.vector))
+		atomic_inc(&mm_tracking_struct.count);
+}
+
+void do_mm_track_pud(void *val)
+{
+	track_as_pte(val);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(do_mm_track_pud);
+
+void do_mm_track_pgd(void *val)
+{
+	track_as_pte(val);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(do_mm_track_pgd);
+
+void do_mm_track_phys(void *val)
+{
+	unsigned long pfn;
+
+	pfn = (unsigned long)val >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+
+	if (pfn >= mm_tracking_struct.bitcnt)
+		return;
+
+	if (!test_and_set_bit(pfn, mm_tracking_struct.vector))
+		atomic_inc(&mm_tracking_struct.count);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(do_mm_track_phys);
+
+
+/*
+ * Allocate enough space for the bit vector in the
+ * mm_tracking_struct.
+ */
+int mm_track_init(long num_pages)
+{
+	mm_tracking_struct.vector = vmalloc((num_pages + 7)/8);
+	if (mm_tracking_struct.vector == NULL) {
+		printk("%s: failed to allocate bit vector\n", __func__);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	mm_tracking_struct.bitcnt = num_pages;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(mm_track_init);
+
+/*
+ * Turn off tracking, free the bit vector memory.
+ */
+void mm_track_exit(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Inhibit the use of the tracking functions.
+	 * This should have already been done, but just in case.
+	 */
+	mm_tracking_struct.active = 0;
+	mm_tracking_struct.bitcnt = 0;
+
+	if (mm_tracking_struct.vector != NULL)
+		vfree(mm_tracking_struct.vector);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(mm_track_exit);
+
diff -Naur linux-2.6.18-1.2717-orig/include/asm-x86_64/mm_track.h linux-2.6.18-1.2717/include/asm-x86_64/mm_track.h
--- linux-2.6.18-1.2717-orig/include/asm-x86_64/mm_track.h	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.18-1.2717/include/asm-x86_64/mm_track.h	2006-10-16 11:29:03.000000000 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+/*
+ * Routines and structures for building a bitmap of
+ * dirty pages in a live system.  For use in memory mirroring
+ * or migration applications.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2006 Stratus Technologies Bermuda Ltd.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ */
+#ifndef __X86_64_MMTRACK_H__
+#define __X86_64_MMTRACK_H__
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_TRACK_DIRTY_PAGES
+
+static inline void mm_track_pte(pte_t *ptep)	{}
+static inline void mm_track_pmd(pmd_t *pmdp)	{}
+static inline void mm_track_pud(pud_t *pudp)	{}
+static inline void mm_track_pgd(pgd_t *pgdp) 	{}
+static inline void mm_track_phys(void *physp)	{}
+
+#else
+
+#include <asm/page.h>
+#include <asm/atomic.h>
+ /*
+  * For memory-tracking purposes, if active is true (non-zero), the other
+  * elements of the structure are available for use.  Each time mm_track_pte
+  * is called, it increments count and sets a bit in the bitvector table.
+  * Each bit in the bitvector represents a physical page in memory.
+  *
+  * This is declared in arch/x86_64/mm/track.c.
+  *
+  * The in_use element is used in the code which drives the memory tracking
+  * environment.  When tracking is complete, the vector may be freed, but 
+  * only after the active flag is set to zero and the in_use count goes to
+  * zero.
+  *
+  * The count element indicates how many pages have been stored in the
+  * bitvector.  This is an optimization to avoid counting the bits in the
+  * vector between harvest operations.
+  */
+struct mm_tracker {
+	int active;		// non-zero if this structure in use
+	atomic_t count;		// number of pages tracked by mm_track()
+	unsigned long * vector;	// bit vector of modified pages
+	unsigned long bitcnt;	// number of bits in vector
+};
+extern struct mm_tracker mm_tracking_struct;
+
+extern void do_mm_track_pte(void *);
+extern void do_mm_track_pmd(void *);
+extern void do_mm_track_pud(void *);
+extern void do_mm_track_pgd(void *);
+extern void do_mm_track_phys(void *);
+
+/*
+ * The mm_track routine is needed by macros in pgtable.h
+ */
+static __inline__ void mm_track_pte(pte_t *ptep)
+{
+	if (unlikely(mm_tracking_struct.active))
+		do_mm_track_pte(ptep);
+}
+static __inline__ void mm_track_pmd(pmd_t *pmdp)
+{
+	if (unlikely(mm_tracking_struct.active))
+		do_mm_track_pmd(pmdp);
+}
+static __inline__ void mm_track_pud(pud_t *pudp)
+{
+	if (unlikely(mm_tracking_struct.active))
+		do_mm_track_pud(pudp);
+}
+static __inline__ void mm_track_pgd(pgd_t *pgdp)
+{
+	if (unlikely(mm_tracking_struct.active))
+		do_mm_track_pgd(pgdp);
+}
+static __inline__ void mm_track_phys(void *physp)
+{
+	if (unlikely(mm_tracking_struct.active))
+		do_mm_track_phys(physp);
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_TRACK_DIRTY_PAGES */
+
+#endif /* __X86_64_MMTRACK_H__ */
diff -Naur linux-2.6.18-1.2717-orig/include/asm-x86_64/pgtable.h linux-2.6.18-1.2717/include/asm-x86_64/pgtable.h
--- linux-2.6.18-1.2717-orig/include/asm-x86_64/pgtable.h	2006-10-16 11:25:32.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.18-1.2717/include/asm-x86_64/pgtable.h	2006-10-16 11:29:03.000000000 -0400
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <asm/bitops.h>
 #include <linux/threads.h>
 #include <asm/pda.h>
+#include <asm/mm_track.h>
 
 extern pud_t level3_kernel_pgt[512];
 extern pud_t level3_ident_pgt[512];
@@ -77,17 +78,20 @@
 
 static inline void set_pte(pte_t *dst, pte_t val)
 {
+	mm_track_pte(dst);
 	pte_val(*dst) = pte_val(val);
 } 
 #define set_pte_at(mm,addr,ptep,pteval) set_pte(ptep,pteval)
 
 static inline void set_pmd(pmd_t *dst, pmd_t val)
 {
+	mm_track_pmd(dst);
         pmd_val(*dst) = pmd_val(val); 
 } 
 
 static inline void set_pud(pud_t *dst, pud_t val)
 {
+	mm_track_pud(dst);
 	pud_val(*dst) = pud_val(val);
 }
 
@@ -98,6 +102,7 @@
 
 static inline void set_pgd(pgd_t *dst, pgd_t val)
 {
+	mm_track_pgd(dst);
 	pgd_val(*dst) = pgd_val(val); 
 } 
 
@@ -109,7 +114,11 @@
 #define pud_page(pud) \
 ((unsigned long) __va(pud_val(pud) & PHYSICAL_PAGE_MASK))
 
-#define ptep_get_and_clear(mm,addr,xp)	__pte(xchg(&(xp)->pte, 0))
+static inline pte_t ptep_get_and_clear(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, pte_t *xp)
+{
+	mm_track_pte(xp);
+	return __pte(xchg(&(xp)->pte, 0));
+}
 
 struct mm_struct;
 
@@ -118,6 +127,7 @@
 	pte_t pte;
 	if (full) {
 		pte = *ptep;
+		mm_track_pte(ptep);
 		*ptep = __pte(0);
 	} else {
 		pte = ptep_get_and_clear(mm, addr, ptep);
@@ -157,6 +167,7 @@
 #define _PAGE_BIT_DIRTY		6
 #define _PAGE_BIT_PSE		7	/* 4 MB (or 2MB) page */
 #define _PAGE_BIT_GLOBAL	8	/* Global TLB entry PPro+ */
+#define _PAGE_BIT_SOFTDIRTY	9	/* save dirty state when hdw dirty bit cleared */
 #define _PAGE_BIT_NX           63       /* No execute: only valid after cpuid check */
 
 #define _PAGE_PRESENT	0x001
@@ -169,6 +180,7 @@
 #define _PAGE_PSE	0x080	/* 2MB page */
 #define _PAGE_FILE	0x040	/* nonlinear file mapping, saved PTE; unset:swap */
 #define _PAGE_GLOBAL	0x100	/* Global TLB entry */
+#define _PAGE_SOFTDIRTY	0x200
 
 #define _PAGE_PROTNONE	0x080	/* If not present */
 #define _PAGE_NX        (_AC(1,UL)<<_PAGE_BIT_NX)
@@ -176,7 +188,7 @@
 #define _PAGE_TABLE	(_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_RW | _PAGE_USER | _PAGE_ACCESSED | _PAGE_DIRTY)
 #define _KERNPG_TABLE	(_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_RW | _PAGE_ACCESSED | _PAGE_DIRTY)
 
-#define _PAGE_CHG_MASK	(PTE_MASK | _PAGE_ACCESSED | _PAGE_DIRTY)
+#define _PAGE_CHG_MASK	(PTE_MASK | _PAGE_ACCESSED | _PAGE_DIRTY | _PAGE_SOFTDIRTY)
 
 #define PAGE_NONE	__pgprot(_PAGE_PROTNONE | _PAGE_ACCESSED)
 #define PAGE_SHARED	__pgprot(_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_RW | _PAGE_USER | _PAGE_ACCESSED | _PAGE_NX)
@@ -277,7 +289,7 @@
 static inline int pte_user(pte_t pte)		{ return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_USER; }
 static inline int pte_read(pte_t pte)		{ return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_USER; }
 static inline int pte_exec(pte_t pte)		{ return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_USER; }
-static inline int pte_dirty(pte_t pte)		{ return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_DIRTY; }
+static inline int pte_dirty(pte_t pte)		{ return pte_val(pte) & (_PAGE_DIRTY | _PAGE_SOFTDIRTY); }
 static inline int pte_young(pte_t pte)		{ return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_ACCESSED; }
 static inline int pte_write(pte_t pte)		{ return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_RW; }
 static inline int pte_file(pte_t pte)		{ return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_FILE; }
@@ -285,7 +297,7 @@
 
 static inline pte_t pte_rdprotect(pte_t pte)	{ set_pte(&pte, __pte(pte_val(pte) & ~_PAGE_USER)); return pte; }
 static inline pte_t pte_exprotect(pte_t pte)	{ set_pte(&pte, __pte(pte_val(pte) & ~_PAGE_USER)); return pte; }
-static inline pte_t pte_mkclean(pte_t pte)	{ set_pte(&pte, __pte(pte_val(pte) & ~_PAGE_DIRTY)); return pte; }
+static inline pte_t pte_mkclean(pte_t pte)	{ set_pte(&pte, __pte(pte_val(pte) & ~(_PAGE_SOFTDIRTY|_PAGE_DIRTY))); return pte; }
 static inline pte_t pte_mkold(pte_t pte)	{ set_pte(&pte, __pte(pte_val(pte) & ~_PAGE_ACCESSED)); return pte; }
 static inline pte_t pte_wrprotect(pte_t pte)	{ set_pte(&pte, __pte(pte_val(pte) & ~_PAGE_RW)); return pte; }
 static inline pte_t pte_mkread(pte_t pte)	{ set_pte(&pte, __pte(pte_val(pte) | _PAGE_USER)); return pte; }
@@ -301,7 +313,9 @@
 {
 	if (!pte_dirty(*ptep))
 		return 0;
-	return test_and_clear_bit(_PAGE_BIT_DIRTY, &ptep->pte);
+	mm_track_pte(ptep);
+	return test_and_clear_bit(_PAGE_BIT_DIRTY, ptep) |
+	       test_and_clear_bit(_PAGE_BIT_SOFTDIRTY, ptep);
 }
 
 static inline int ptep_test_and_clear_young(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep)

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