[PATCH v3 0/7] read proc/pid/smaps_rollup under per-vma lock

From: Suren Baghdasaryan

Date: Thu Sep 10 2026 - 19:47:56 EST


proc/pid/smaps_rollup can be read using the combination of RCU and
VMA read locks, similar to proc/pid/{maps|smaps|numa_maps}. RCU is
required to safely traverse the VMA tree and VMA lock stabilizes the
VMA being processed and the pagetable walk.
Note that we have to keep the logic to drop mmap_lock on contention
because even when using per-VMA locks we might have to fall back to
holding the mmap_lock.

The first 3 patches are cleanups making later change simpler. The main
change is in patch 4. Patch 5 extends existing proc-maps-race tearing
test to verify smaps_rollup content.

Changes since v2 [1]:
Patch 1:
- Added Reviewed-by and Acked-by, per Usama Arif, Liam R. Howlett,
David Hildenbrand, Lorenzo Stoakes
Patch 2:
- Confirmed no change in binary size, added a note in the changelog,
per Usama Arif
- Converted multiple lines of arguments in modified functions to
two-tab indents, per Liam R. Howlett, David Hildenbrand
- Added Reviewed-by and Acked-by, per Usama Arif, Liam R. Howlett,
Lorenzo Stoakes
Patch 3:
- Updated the condition and the comment for walking shmem mappings and
split it into a separate patch, per David Hildenbrand
- Added Reviewed-by, per Liam R. Howlett
Patch 4:
- Refactored gate VMA handling out of proc_get_vma() as a separate patch.
- Fixed skipping of the first VMA, per Usama Arif
- Removed gate VMA handling inside show_smaps_rollup,
per David Hildenbrand

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260907063918.3432401-1-surenb@xxxxxxxxxx/

Patchset applies over mm-new branch.

Suren Baghdasaryan (7):
proc/task_mmu: remove unnecessary helpers
proc/task_mmu: remove unnecessary inlines in function definitions
proc/task_mmu: clarify shmem mapping walk conditions in
smap_gather_stats()
proc/task_mmu: remove special-casing of smap_gather_stats() start
parameter
proc/task_mmu: change proc_get_vma() to stop returning gate VMA at the
end
proc/task_mmu: read proc/pid/smaps_rollup under per-vma lock
selftests/proc: add /proc/pid/smaps_rollup tearing tests

fs/proc/task_mmu.c | 320 ++++++++----------
tools/testing/selftests/proc/proc-maps-race.c | 187 +++++++++-
2 files changed, 318 insertions(+), 189 deletions(-)


base-commit: 1f78f28a2945f9e856b4ea8428ac41a6788e4b67
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2.55.0.1007.g17ff1f9808-goog