Re: [PATCH 4/8] mm/memory-failure: convert process iterator to for_each_process_rcu

From: Michal Hocko

Date: Fri Sep 04 2026 - 08:38:30 EST


On Fri 04-09-26 16:29:56, Ye Liu wrote:
> From: Ye Liu <liuye@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Replace the manual rcu_read_lock()/rcu_read_unlock() pairs combined
> with for_each_process() loop in mm/memory-failure.c with
> for_each_process_rcu().
>
> No functional change.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ye Liu <liuye@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>

> ---
> mm/memory-failure.c | 16 ++++------------
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
> index a8b03e2920ba..63a2ff08ee33 100644
> --- a/mm/memory-failure.c
> +++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
> @@ -555,8 +555,7 @@ static void collect_procs_anon(const struct folio *folio,
> return;
>
> pgoff = page_pgoff(folio, page);
> - rcu_read_lock();
> - for_each_process(tsk) {
> + for_each_process_rcu(tsk) {
> struct vm_area_struct *vma;
> struct anon_vma_chain *vmac;
> struct task_struct *t = task_early_kill(tsk, force_early);
> @@ -572,7 +571,6 @@ static void collect_procs_anon(const struct folio *folio,
> add_to_kill_anon_file(t, page, vma, to_kill, addr);
> }
> }
> - rcu_read_unlock();
> anon_vma_unlock_read(av);
> }
>
> @@ -589,9 +587,8 @@ static void collect_procs_file(const struct folio *folio,
> pgoff_t pgoff;
>
> i_mmap_lock_read(mapping);
> - rcu_read_lock();
> pgoff = page_pgoff(folio, page);
> - for_each_process(tsk) {
> + for_each_process_rcu(tsk) {
> struct task_struct *t = task_early_kill(tsk, force_early);
> unsigned long addr;
>
> @@ -611,7 +608,6 @@ static void collect_procs_file(const struct folio *folio,
> add_to_kill_anon_file(t, page, vma, to_kill, addr);
> }
> }
> - rcu_read_unlock();
> i_mmap_unlock_read(mapping);
> }
>
> @@ -635,8 +631,7 @@ static void collect_procs_fsdax(const struct page *page,
> struct task_struct *tsk;
>
> i_mmap_lock_read(mapping);
> - rcu_read_lock();
> - for_each_process(tsk) {
> + for_each_process_rcu(tsk) {
> struct task_struct *t = tsk;
>
> /*
> @@ -653,7 +648,6 @@ static void collect_procs_fsdax(const struct page *page,
> add_to_kill_fsdax(t, page, vma, to_kill, pgoff);
> }
> }
> - rcu_read_unlock();
> i_mmap_unlock_read(mapping);
> }
> #endif /* CONFIG_FS_DAX */
> @@ -2288,8 +2282,7 @@ static void collect_procs_pfn(struct pfn_address_space *pfn_space,
> struct address_space *mapping = pfn_space->mapping;
>
> i_mmap_lock_read(mapping);
> - rcu_read_lock();
> - for_each_process(tsk) {
> + for_each_process_rcu(tsk) {
> struct task_struct *t = tsk;
>
> t = task_early_kill(tsk, true);
> @@ -2303,7 +2296,6 @@ static void collect_procs_pfn(struct pfn_address_space *pfn_space,
> add_to_kill_pgoff(t, vma, to_kill, pgoff);
> }
> }
> - rcu_read_unlock();
> i_mmap_unlock_read(mapping);
> }
>
> --
> 2.25.1
>

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs