Re: [PATCH v5 06/10] mmap locking API: convert nested write lock sites

[Vlastimil Babka]

On 4/22/20 2:14 AM, Michel Lespinasse wrote:
> Add API for nested write locks and convert the few call sites doing that.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michel Lespinasse <walken@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Daniel Jordan <daniel.m.jordan@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>

Perhaps we could even move SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING into the wrapper? It's unlikely
there will be a new user with a different subclass?

> ---
>  arch/um/include/asm/mmu_context.h | 3 ++-
>  include/linux/mmap_lock.h         | 5 +++++
>  kernel/fork.c                     | 2 +-
>  3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/um/include/asm/mmu_context.h b/arch/um/include/asm/mmu_context.h
> index 62262c5c7785..17ddd4edf875 100644
> --- a/arch/um/include/asm/mmu_context.h
> +++ b/arch/um/include/asm/mmu_context.h
> @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
>  
>  #include <linux/sched.h>
>  #include <linux/mm_types.h>
> +#include <linux/mmap_lock.h>
>  
>  #include <asm/mmu.h>
>  
> @@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ static inline void activate_mm(struct mm_struct *old, struct mm_struct *new)
>  	 * when the new ->mm is used for the first time.
>  	 */
>  	__switch_mm(&new->context.id);
> -	down_write_nested(&new->mmap_sem, 1);
> +	mmap_write_lock_nested(new, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
>  	uml_setup_stubs(new);
>  	mmap_write_unlock(new);
>  }
> diff --git a/include/linux/mmap_lock.h b/include/linux/mmap_lock.h
> index 97ac53b66052..a757cb30ae77 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mmap_lock.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mmap_lock.h
> @@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ static inline void mmap_write_lock(struct mm_struct *mm)
>  	down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
>  }
>  
> +static inline void mmap_write_lock_nested(struct mm_struct *mm, int subclass)
> +{
> +	down_write_nested(&mm->mmap_sem, subclass);
> +}
> +
>  static inline int mmap_write_lock_killable(struct mm_struct *mm)
>  {
>  	return down_write_killable(&mm->mmap_sem);
> diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
> index 41d3f45c058e..a5d1d20ccba7 100644
> --- a/kernel/fork.c
> +++ b/kernel/fork.c
> @@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ static __latent_entropy int dup_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm,
>  	/*
>  	 * Not linked in yet - no deadlock potential:
>  	 */
> -	down_write_nested(&mm->mmap_sem, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
> +	mmap_write_lock_nested(mm, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
>  
>  	/* No ordering required: file already has been exposed. */
>  	RCU_INIT_POINTER(mm->exe_file, get_mm_exe_file(oldmm));
>