[PATCH v3 4/5] binder: Remove mmap_lock fallback

From: Suren Baghdasaryan

Date: Sun Aug 02 2026 - 18:00:30 EST


From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Previously, the per-VMA locking could fail in the face of writers
which necessitate a fallback to mmap_lock. The new
vma_start_read_unlocked() will wait for writers instead of failing.

Use the new helper. Wait for writers. Remove the fallback to mmap_lock.

Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Todd Kjos <tkjos@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christian Brauner <christian@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
drivers/android/binder/page_range.rs | 19 +++----------------
drivers/android/binder_alloc.c | 17 +++++------------
rust/kernel/mm.rs | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/android/binder/page_range.rs b/drivers/android/binder/page_range.rs
index e82a5523804f..f7ad88a0d806 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder/page_range.rs
+++ b/drivers/android/binder/page_range.rs
@@ -439,22 +439,9 @@ unsafe fn use_page_slow(&self, i: usize) -> Result<()> {
// workqueue.
let mm = MmWithUser::into_mmput_async(self.mm.mmget_not_zero().ok_or(ESRCH)?);
{
- let vma_read;
- let mmap_read;
- let vma = if let Some(ret) = mm.lock_vma_under_rcu(vma_addr) {
- vma_read = ret;
- check_vma(&vma_read, self)
- } else {
- mmap_read = mm.mmap_read_lock();
- mmap_read
- .vma_lookup(vma_addr)
- .and_then(|vma| check_vma(vma, self))
- };
-
- match vma {
- Some(vma) => vma.vm_insert_page(user_page_addr, &new_page)?,
- None => return Err(ESRCH),
- }
+ let vma_read_guard = mm.vma_start_read_unlocked(vma_addr).ok_or(ESRCH)?;
+ let vma = check_vma(&vma_read_guard, self).ok_or(ESRCH)?;
+ vma.vm_insert_page(user_page_addr, &new_page)?;
}

let inner = self.lock.lock();
diff --git a/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c b/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c
index 84104ba04e30..519dcded19b2 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c
+++ b/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c
@@ -259,21 +259,14 @@ static int binder_page_insert(struct binder_alloc *alloc,
struct vm_area_struct *vma;
int ret = -ESRCH;

- /* attempt per-vma lock first */
- vma = lock_vma_under_rcu(mm, addr);
- if (vma) {
- if (binder_alloc_is_mapped(alloc))
- ret = vm_insert_page(vma, addr, page);
- vma_end_read(vma);
+ vma = vma_start_read_unlocked(mm, addr);
+ if (!vma)
return ret;
- }

- /* fall back to mmap_lock */
- mmap_read_lock(mm);
- vma = vma_lookup(mm, addr);
- if (vma && binder_alloc_is_mapped(alloc))
+ if (binder_alloc_is_mapped(alloc))
ret = vm_insert_page(vma, addr, page);
- mmap_read_unlock(mm);
+
+ vma_end_read(vma);

return ret;
}
diff --git a/rust/kernel/mm.rs b/rust/kernel/mm.rs
index 2633e704c83d..877fad68be9c 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/mm.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/mm.rs
@@ -190,6 +190,24 @@ pub fn lock_vma_under_rcu(&self, vma_addr: usize) -> Option<VmaReadGuard<'_>> {
}
}

+ /// Find the VMA covering 'address' and lock it for reading. Waits for writers to finish if the
+ /// VMA is being modified.
+ #[inline]
+ pub fn vma_start_read_unlocked(&self, vma_addr: usize) -> Option<VmaReadGuard<'_>> {
+ // SAFETY: We may invoke `vma_start_read_unlocked` because we know this `mm` has non-zero
+ // `mm_users`.
+ let vma = unsafe { bindings::vma_start_read_unlocked(self.as_raw(), vma_addr) };
+ if vma.is_null() {
+ return None;
+ }
+ Some(VmaReadGuard {
+ // SAFETY: If `vma_start_read_unlocked` returns a non-null ptr, then it points at a
+ // valid vma. The vma is stable for as long as the vma read lock is held.
+ vma: unsafe { VmaRef::from_raw(vma) },
+ _nts: NotThreadSafe,
+ })
+ }
+
/// Lock the mmap read lock.
#[inline]
pub fn mmap_read_lock(&self) -> MmapReadGuard<'_> {
--
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