Re: [PATCH 38/94] mm/gup: Add mm_populate_vma() for use when the vma is known

[Michel Lespinasse]

On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 03:36:08PM +0000, Liam Howlett wrote:
> When a vma is known, avoid calling mm_populate to search for the vma to
> populate.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mm/gup.c      | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  mm/internal.h |  4 ++++
>  2 files changed, 24 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
> index c3a17b189064..48fe98ab0729 100644
> --- a/mm/gup.c
> +++ b/mm/gup.c
> @@ -1468,6 +1468,26 @@ long populate_vma_page_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>  				NULL, NULL, locked);
>  }
>  
> +/*
> + * mm_populate_vma() - Populate a single range in a single vma.
> + * @vma: The vma to populate.
> + * @start: The start address to populate
> + * @end: The end address to stop populating
> + *
> + * Note: Ignores errors.
> + */
> +void mm_populate_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start,
> +		unsigned long end)
> +{
> +	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
> +	int locked = 1;
> +
> +	mmap_read_lock(mm);
> +	populate_vma_page_range(vma, start, end, &locked);
> +	if (locked)
> +		mmap_read_unlock(mm);
> +}
> +

This seems like a nonsensical API at first glance - VMAs that are found
in the vma tree might be modified, merged, split, or freed at any time
if the mmap lock is not held, so the API can not be safely used. I think
this applies to maple tree vmas just as much as it did for rbtree vmas ?

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Michel "walken" Lespinasse