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| author | Paul Cassella <cassella@cray.com> | 2014-08-07 01:07:24 +0200 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-08-07 03:01:20 +0200 |
| commit | 9a95f3cf7b33d66fa64727cff8cd2f2a9d09f335 (patch) | |
| tree | 14d7c178144b6de0b352b8e8d4b04ffdbae9a71c /mm/memory.c | |
| parent | mm: page_alloc: reduce cost of the fair zone allocation policy (diff) | |
| download | linux-9a95f3cf7b33d66fa64727cff8cd2f2a9d09f335.tar.xz linux-9a95f3cf7b33d66fa64727cff8cd2f2a9d09f335.zip | |
mm: describe mmap_sem rules for __lock_page_or_retry() and callers
Add a comment describing the circumstances in which
__lock_page_or_retry() will or will not release the mmap_sem when
returning 0.
Add comments to lock_page_or_retry()'s callers (filemap_fault(),
do_swap_page()) noting the impact on VM_FAULT_RETRY returns.
Add comments on up the call tree, particularly replacing the false "We
return with mmap_sem still held" comments.
Signed-off-by: Paul Cassella <cassella@cray.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/memory.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/memory.c | 34 |
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c index 7e131325bdf8..4d0a543f3bb3 100644 --- a/mm/memory.c +++ b/mm/memory.c @@ -2399,7 +2399,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(unmap_mapping_range); /* * We enter with non-exclusive mmap_sem (to exclude vma changes, * but allow concurrent faults), and pte mapped but not yet locked. - * We return with mmap_sem still held, but pte unmapped and unlocked. + * We return with pte unmapped and unlocked. + * + * We return with the mmap_sem locked or unlocked in the same cases + * as does filemap_fault(). */ static int do_swap_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address, pte_t *page_table, pmd_t *pmd, @@ -2688,6 +2691,11 @@ oom: return VM_FAULT_OOM; } +/* + * The mmap_sem must have been held on entry, and may have been + * released depending on flags and vma->vm_ops->fault() return value. + * See filemap_fault() and __lock_page_retry(). + */ static int __do_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address, pgoff_t pgoff, unsigned int flags, struct page **page) { @@ -3016,6 +3024,12 @@ static int do_shared_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma, return ret; } +/* + * We enter with non-exclusive mmap_sem (to exclude vma changes, + * but allow concurrent faults). + * The mmap_sem may have been released depending on flags and our + * return value. See filemap_fault() and __lock_page_or_retry(). + */ static int do_linear_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address, pte_t *page_table, pmd_t *pmd, unsigned int flags, pte_t orig_pte) @@ -3040,7 +3054,9 @@ static int do_linear_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma, * * We enter with non-exclusive mmap_sem (to exclude vma changes, * but allow concurrent faults), and pte mapped but not yet locked. - * We return with mmap_sem still held, but pte unmapped and unlocked. + * We return with pte unmapped and unlocked. + * The mmap_sem may have been released depending on flags and our + * return value. See filemap_fault() and __lock_page_or_retry(). */ static int do_nonlinear_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address, pte_t *page_table, pmd_t *pmd, @@ -3172,7 +3188,10 @@ out: * * We enter with non-exclusive mmap_sem (to exclude vma changes, * but allow concurrent faults), and pte mapped but not yet locked. - * We return with mmap_sem still held, but pte unmapped and unlocked. + * We return with pte unmapped and unlocked. + * + * The mmap_sem may have been released depending on flags and our + * return value. See filemap_fault() and __lock_page_or_retry(). */ static int handle_pte_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address, @@ -3232,6 +3251,9 @@ unlock: /* * By the time we get here, we already hold the mm semaphore + * + * The mmap_sem may have been released depending on flags and our + * return value. See filemap_fault() and __lock_page_or_retry(). */ static int __handle_mm_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address, unsigned int flags) @@ -3313,6 +3335,12 @@ static int __handle_mm_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma, return handle_pte_fault(mm, vma, address, pte, pmd, flags); } +/* + * By the time we get here, we already hold the mm semaphore + * + * The mmap_sem may have been released depending on flags and our + * return value. See filemap_fault() and __lock_page_or_retry(). + */ int handle_mm_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address, unsigned int flags) { |