tree f0e3375da8339aeff798278caa798816c60f98ad
parent 17d8e3d90b6989419806c1926b894d7d7483a25b
author Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen@linux.intel.com> 1653068567 -0700
committer Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> 1654192727 -0700

x86/sgx: Set active memcg prior to shmem allocation

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.

[ dhansen: - fix merge conflict with ELDU fixes
           - check against actual ksgxd_tsk, not ->mm ]

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@google.com>
Acked-by: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220520174248.4918-1-kristen@linux.intel.com