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Diffstat (limited to 'mm')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/filemap.c | 23 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/gup.c | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/memory.c | 34 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/mlock.c | 9 |
4 files changed, 77 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c index 7e85c8147e1b..af19a6b079f5 100644 --- a/mm/filemap.c +++ b/mm/filemap.c @@ -808,6 +808,17 @@ int __lock_page_killable(struct page *page) } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__lock_page_killable); +/* + * Return values: + * 1 - page is locked; mmap_sem is still held. + * 0 - page is not locked. + * mmap_sem has been released (up_read()), unless flags had both + * FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY and FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT set, in + * which case mmap_sem is still held. + * + * If neither ALLOW_RETRY nor KILLABLE are set, will always return 1 + * with the page locked and the mmap_sem unperturbed. + */ int __lock_page_or_retry(struct page *page, struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned int flags) { @@ -1827,6 +1838,18 @@ static void do_async_mmap_readahead(struct vm_area_struct *vma, * The goto's are kind of ugly, but this streamlines the normal case of having * it in the page cache, and handles the special cases reasonably without * having a lot of duplicated code. + * + * vma->vm_mm->mmap_sem must be held on entry. + * + * If our return value has VM_FAULT_RETRY set, it's because + * lock_page_or_retry() returned 0. + * The mmap_sem has usually been released in this case. + * See __lock_page_or_retry() for the exception. + * + * If our return value does not have VM_FAULT_RETRY set, the mmap_sem + * has not been released. + * + * We never return with VM_FAULT_RETRY and a bit from VM_FAULT_ERROR set. */ int filemap_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf) { @@ -258,6 +258,11 @@ unmap: return ret; } +/* + * mmap_sem must be held on entry. If @nonblocking != NULL and + * *@flags does not include FOLL_NOWAIT, the mmap_sem may be released. + * If it is, *@nonblocking will be set to 0 and -EBUSY returned. + */ static int faultin_page(struct task_struct *tsk, struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address, unsigned int *flags, int *nonblocking) { @@ -373,7 +378,7 @@ static int check_vma_flags(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long gup_flags) * with a put_page() call when it is finished with. vmas will only * remain valid while mmap_sem is held. * - * Must be called with mmap_sem held for read or write. + * Must be called with mmap_sem held. It may be released. See below. * * __get_user_pages walks a process's page tables and takes a reference to * each struct page that each user address corresponds to at a given @@ -396,7 +401,14 @@ static int check_vma_flags(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long gup_flags) * * If @nonblocking != NULL, __get_user_pages will not wait for disk IO * or mmap_sem contention, and if waiting is needed to pin all pages, - * *@nonblocking will be set to 0. + * *@nonblocking will be set to 0. Further, if @gup_flags does not + * include FOLL_NOWAIT, the mmap_sem will be released via up_read() in + * this case. + * + * A caller using such a combination of @nonblocking and @gup_flags + * must therefore hold the mmap_sem for reading only, and recognize + * when it's been released. Otherwise, it must be held for either + * reading or writing and will not be released. * * In most cases, get_user_pages or get_user_pages_fast should be used * instead of __get_user_pages. __get_user_pages should be used only if @@ -528,7 +540,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__get_user_pages); * such architectures, gup() will not be enough to make a subsequent access * succeed. * - * This should be called with the mm_sem held for read. + * This has the same semantics wrt the @mm->mmap_sem as does filemap_fault(). */ int fixup_user_fault(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address, unsigned int fault_flags) 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) { diff --git a/mm/mlock.c b/mm/mlock.c index b1eb53634005..ce84cb0b83ef 100644 --- a/mm/mlock.c +++ b/mm/mlock.c @@ -210,12 +210,19 @@ out: * @vma: target vma * @start: start address * @end: end address + * @nonblocking: * * This takes care of making the pages present too. * * return 0 on success, negative error code on error. * - * vma->vm_mm->mmap_sem must be held for at least read. + * vma->vm_mm->mmap_sem must be held. + * + * If @nonblocking is NULL, it may be held for read or write and will + * be unperturbed. + * + * If @nonblocking is non-NULL, it must held for read only and may be + * released. If it's released, *@nonblocking will be set to 0. */ long __mlock_vma_pages_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int *nonblocking) |