From: "Haitao Huang" <haitao.huang@linux.intel.com>
To: linux-sgx@vger.kernel.org, "Jarkko Sakkinen" <jarkko@kernel.org>,
"Dave Hansen" <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@linutronix.de>,
"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@redhat.com>,
"Borislav Petkov" <bp@alien8.de>,
x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
"Kristen Carlson Accardi" <kristen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
mhocko@suse.com, roman.gushchin@linux.dev, hannes@cmpxchg.org,
shakeelb@google.com, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] x86/sgx: Set active memcg prior to shmem allocation
Date: Fri, 20 May 2022 16:09:43 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <op.1mhjn0j7wjvjmi@hhuan26-mobl1.mshome.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220520174248.4918-1-kristen@linux.intel.com>
On Fri, 20 May 2022 12:42:47 -0500, Kristen Carlson Accardi
<kristen@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> When the system runs out of enclave memory, SGX can reclaim EPC pages
> by swapping to normal RAM. These backing pages are allocated via a
> per-enclave shared memory area. Since SGX allows unlimited over
> commit on EPC memory, the reclaimer thread can allocate a large
> number of backing RAM pages in response to EPC memory pressure.
>
> When the shared memory backing RAM allocation occurs during
> the reclaimer thread context, the shared memory is charged to
> the root memory control group, and the shmem usage of the enclave
> is not properly accounted for, making cgroups ineffective at
> limiting the amount of RAM an enclave can consume.
>
> For example, when using a cgroup to launch a set of test
> enclaves, the kernel does not properly account for 50% - 75% of
> shmem page allocations on average. In the worst case, when
> nearly all allocations occur during the reclaimer thread, the
> kernel accounts less than a percent of the amount of shmem used
> by the enclave's cgroup to the correct cgroup.
>
> SGX stores a list of mm_structs that are associated with
> an enclave. Pick one of them during reclaim and charge that
> mm's memcg with the shmem allocation. The one that gets picked
> is arbitrary, but this list almost always only has one mm. The
> cases where there is more than one mm with different memcg's
> are not worth considering.
>
> Create a new function - sgx_encl_alloc_backing(). This function
> is used whenever a new backing storage page needs to be
> allocated. Previously the same function was used for page
> allocation as well as retrieving a previously allocated page.
> Prior to backing page allocation, if there is a mm_struct associated
> with the enclave that is requesting the allocation, it is set
> as the active memory control group.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen@linux.intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@google.com>
> Acked-by: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> ---
> V2 -> V3:
> Changed memcg variable names in sgx_encl_alloc_backing()
> and removed some whitespace.
>
> V1 -> V2:
> Changed sgx_encl_set_active_memcg() to simply return the correct
> memcg for the enclave and renamed to sgx_encl_get_mem_cgroup().
>
> Created helper function current_is_ksgxd() to improve readability.
>
> Use mmget_not_zero()/mmput_async() when searching mm_list.
>
> Move call to set_active_memcg() to sgx_encl_alloc_backing() and
> use mem_cgroup_put() to avoid leaking a memcg reference.
>
> Address review feedback regarding comments and commit log.
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.c | 105 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.h | 11 +++-
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c | 4 +-
> 3 files changed, 114 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.c
> b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.c
> index 001808e3901c..6f05e3d919f7 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.c
> @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static int __sgx_encl_eldu(struct sgx_encl_page
> *encl_page,
> else
> page_index = PFN_DOWN(encl->size);
> - ret = sgx_encl_get_backing(encl, page_index, &b);
> + ret = sgx_encl_lookup_backing(encl, page_index, &b);
> if (ret)
> return ret;
> @@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ static struct page *sgx_encl_get_backing_page(struct
> sgx_encl *encl,
> * 0 on success,
> * -errno otherwise.
> */
> -int sgx_encl_get_backing(struct sgx_encl *encl, unsigned long
> page_index,
> +static int sgx_encl_get_backing(struct sgx_encl *encl, unsigned long
> page_index,
> struct sgx_backing *backing)
> {
> pgoff_t pcmd_index = PFN_DOWN(encl->size) + 1 + (page_index >> 5);
> @@ -601,6 +601,107 @@ int sgx_encl_get_backing(struct sgx_encl *encl,
> unsigned long page_index,
> return 0;
> }
> +/*
> + * When called from ksgxd, returns the mem_cgroup of a struct mm stored
> + * in the enclave's mm_list. When not called from ksgxd, just returns
> + * the mem_cgroup of the current task.
> + */
> +static struct mem_cgroup *sgx_encl_get_mem_cgroup(struct sgx_encl *encl)
> +{
> + struct mem_cgroup *memcg = NULL;
> + struct sgx_encl_mm *encl_mm;
> + int idx;
> +
> + /*
> + * If called from normal task context, return the mem_cgroup
> + * of the current task's mm. The remainder of the handling is for
> + * ksgxd.
> + */
> + if (!current_is_ksgxd())
> + return get_mem_cgroup_from_mm(current->mm);
> +
> + /*
> + * Search the enclave's mm_list to find an mm associated with
> + * this enclave to charge the allocation to.
> + */
> + idx = srcu_read_lock(&encl->srcu);
> +
> + list_for_each_entry_rcu(encl_mm, &encl->mm_list, list) {
> + if (!mmget_not_zero(encl_mm->mm))
> + continue;
> +
> + memcg = get_mem_cgroup_from_mm(encl_mm->mm);
> +
> + mmput_async(encl_mm->mm);
> +
> + break;
> + }
> +
> + srcu_read_unlock(&encl->srcu, idx);
> +
> + /*
> + * In the rare case that there isn't an mm associated with
> + * the enclave, set memcg to the current active mem_cgroup.
> + * This will be the root mem_cgroup if there is no active
> + * mem_cgroup.
> + */
> + if (!memcg)
> + return get_mem_cgroup_from_mm(NULL);
> +
> + return memcg;
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * sgx_encl_alloc_backing() - allocate a new backing storage page
> + * @encl: an enclave pointer
> + * @page_index: enclave page index
> + * @backing: data for accessing backing storage for the page
> + *
> + * When called from ksgxd, sets the active memcg from one of the
> + * mms in the enclave's mm_list prior to any backing page allocation,
> + * in order to ensure that shmem page allocations are charged to the
> + * enclave.
> + *
> + * Return:
> + * 0 on success,
> + * -errno otherwise.
> + */
> +int sgx_encl_alloc_backing(struct sgx_encl *encl, unsigned long
> page_index,
> + struct sgx_backing *backing)
> +{
> + struct mem_cgroup *encl_memcg = sgx_encl_get_mem_cgroup(encl);
> + struct mem_cgroup *memcg = set_active_memcg(encl_memcg);
> + int ret;
> +
> + ret = sgx_encl_get_backing(encl, page_index, backing);
> +
> + set_active_memcg(memcg);
> + mem_cgroup_put(encl_memcg);
> +
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * sgx_encl_lookup_backing() - retrieve an existing backing storage page
> + * @encl: an enclave pointer
> + * @page_index: enclave page index
> + * @backing: data for accessing backing storage for the page
> + *
> + * Retrieve a backing page for loading data back into an EPC page with
> ELDU.
> + * It is the caller's responsibility to ensure that it is appropriate
> to use
> + * sgx_encl_lookup_backing() rather than sgx_encl_alloc_backing(). If
> lookup is
> + * not used correctly, this will cause an allocation which is not
> accounted for.
> + *
> + * Return:
> + * 0 on success,
> + * -errno otherwise.
> + */
> +int sgx_encl_lookup_backing(struct sgx_encl *encl, unsigned long
> page_index,
> + struct sgx_backing *backing)
> +{
> + return sgx_encl_get_backing(encl, page_index, backing);
> +}
> +
> /**
> * sgx_encl_put_backing() - Unpin the backing storage
> * @backing: data for accessing backing storage for the page
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.h
> b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.h
> index fec43ca65065..2de3b150ab00 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.h
> @@ -100,13 +100,20 @@ static inline int sgx_encl_find(struct mm_struct
> *mm, unsigned long addr,
> return 0;
> }
> +static inline bool current_is_ksgxd(void)
> +{
> + return current->mm ? false : true;
> +}
> +
> int sgx_encl_may_map(struct sgx_encl *encl, unsigned long start,
> unsigned long end, unsigned long vm_flags);
> void sgx_encl_release(struct kref *ref);
> int sgx_encl_mm_add(struct sgx_encl *encl, struct mm_struct *mm);
> -int sgx_encl_get_backing(struct sgx_encl *encl, unsigned long
> page_index,
> - struct sgx_backing *backing);
> +int sgx_encl_lookup_backing(struct sgx_encl *encl, unsigned long
> page_index,
> + struct sgx_backing *backing);
> +int sgx_encl_alloc_backing(struct sgx_encl *encl, unsigned long
> page_index,
> + struct sgx_backing *backing);
> void sgx_encl_put_backing(struct sgx_backing *backing, bool do_write);
> int sgx_encl_test_and_clear_young(struct mm_struct *mm,
> struct sgx_encl_page *page);
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c
> b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c
> index 4b41efc9e367..7d41c8538795 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c
> @@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ static void sgx_reclaimer_write(struct sgx_epc_page
> *epc_page,
> encl->secs_child_cnt--;
> if (!encl->secs_child_cnt && test_bit(SGX_ENCL_INITIALIZED,
> &encl->flags)) {
> - ret = sgx_encl_get_backing(encl, PFN_DOWN(encl->size),
> + ret = sgx_encl_alloc_backing(encl, PFN_DOWN(encl->size),
> &secs_backing);
> if (ret)
> goto out;
> @@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ static void sgx_reclaim_pages(void)
> goto skip;
> page_index = PFN_DOWN(encl_page->desc - encl_page->encl->base);
> - ret = sgx_encl_get_backing(encl_page->encl, page_index, &backing[i]);
> + ret = sgx_encl_alloc_backing(encl_page->encl, page_index,
> &backing[i]);
> if (ret)
> goto skip;
>
Tested-by: Haitao Huang <haitao.huang@intel.com>
Thanks
Haitao
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