Re: [PATCH] rust_binder: use lock_vma_under_rcu() in use_page_slow()
From: Liam R. Howlett
Date: Wed Feb 18 2026 - 11:18:03 EST
* Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@xxxxxxxxxx> [260218 10:13]:
> There's no reason to lock the whole mm when we are doing operations on
> the vma if we can help it, so to reduce contention, use the
> lock_vma_under_rcu() abstraction.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@xxxxxxxxxx>
FWIW for rust code..
Reviewed-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Depends on:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260218-binder-vma-check-v2-0-60f9d695a990@xxxxxxxxxx/
> ---
> drivers/android/binder/page_range.rs | 37 ++++++++++++++++++------------------
> 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/android/binder/page_range.rs b/drivers/android/binder/page_range.rs
> index 67aae783e8b8b7cf60ecf7e711d5f6f6f5d1dbe3..9dfc154e5dd4e889c4f3aa89e5edb89434113e1a 100644
> --- a/drivers/android/binder/page_range.rs
> +++ b/drivers/android/binder/page_range.rs
> @@ -435,24 +435,25 @@ unsafe fn use_page_slow(&self, i: usize) -> Result<()> {
> //
> // Using `mmput_async` avoids this, because then the `mm` cleanup is instead queued to a
> // workqueue.
> - check_vma(
> - MmWithUser::into_mmput_async(self.mm.mmget_not_zero().ok_or(ESRCH)?)
> - .mmap_read_lock()
> - .vma_lookup(vma_addr)
> - .ok_or(ESRCH)?,
> - self,
> - )
> - .ok_or(ESRCH)?
> - .vm_insert_page(user_page_addr, &new_page)
> - .inspect_err(|err| {
> - pr_warn!(
> - "Failed to vm_insert_page({}): vma_addr:{} i:{} err:{:?}",
> - user_page_addr,
> - vma_addr,
> - i,
> - err
> - )
> - })?;
> + 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 inner = self.lock.lock();
>
>
> ---
> base-commit: 2961f841b025fb234860bac26dfb7fa7cb0fb122
> change-id: 20260217-binder-vma-rcu-e699d5752ad3
> prerequisite-change-id: 20260217-binder-vma-check-b6fca42e986c:v2
> prerequisite-patch-id: 4ca86894150aa7ee26c04440100cb71ce599ce80
> prerequisite-patch-id: beb72c0aa2ce3d495dd69817507ae6885e5ae1e6
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@xxxxxxxxxx>
>