[PATCH 4/4] mm: Optimise vmf_anon_prepare() for VMAs without an anon_vma

From: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
Date: Fri Apr 26 2024 - 10:45:49 EST


If the mmap_lock can be taken for read, we can call __anon_vma_prepare()
while holding it, saving ourselves a trip back through the fault handler.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/memory.c | 13 +++++++++----
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 7dc112d3a7e4..b5453b86ec4b 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3232,16 +3232,21 @@ static inline vm_fault_t vmf_can_call_fault(const struct vm_fault *vmf)
vm_fault_t vmf_anon_prepare(struct vm_fault *vmf)
{
struct vm_area_struct *vma = vmf->vma;
+ vm_fault_t ret = 0;

if (likely(vma->anon_vma))
return 0;
if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_VMA_LOCK) {
- vma_end_read(vma);
- return VM_FAULT_RETRY;
+ if (!mmap_read_trylock(vma->vm_mm)) {
+ vma_end_read(vma);
+ return VM_FAULT_RETRY;
+ }
}
if (__anon_vma_prepare(vma))
- return VM_FAULT_OOM;
- return 0;
+ ret = VM_FAULT_OOM;
+ if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_VMA_LOCK)
+ mmap_read_unlock(vma->vm_mm);
+ return ret;
}

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