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authorYang Shi <yang.shi@linux.alibaba.com>2018-10-27 01:08:54 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2018-10-27 02:26:35 +0300
commit9bc8039e715da3b53dbac89525323a9f2f69b7b5 (patch)
treec21868e74f359da6178fcbd023354a7c148e4145 /mm
parent85a06835f6f1ba79f0f00838ccd5ad840dd1eafb (diff)
downloadlinux-9bc8039e715da3b53dbac89525323a9f2f69b7b5.tar.xz
mm: brk: downgrade mmap_sem to read when shrinking
brk might be used to shrink memory mapping too other than munmap(). So, it may hold write mmap_sem for long time when shrinking large mapping, as what commit ("mm: mmap: zap pages with read mmap_sem in munmap") described. The brk() will not manipulate vmas anymore after __do_munmap() call for the mapping shrink use case. But, it may set mm->brk after __do_munmap(), which needs hold write mmap_sem. However, a simple trick can workaround this by setting mm->brk before __do_munmap(). Then restore the original value if __do_munmap() fails. With this trick, it is safe to downgrade to read mmap_sem. So, the same optimization, which downgrades mmap_sem to read for zapping pages, is also feasible and reasonable to this case. The period of holding exclusive mmap_sem for shrinking large mapping would be reduced significantly with this optimization. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: tweak comment] [yang.shi@linux.alibaba.com: fix unsigned compare against 0 issue] Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1538687672-17795-1-git-send-email-yang.shi@linux.alibaba.com Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1538067582-60038-2-git-send-email-yang.shi@linux.alibaba.com Signed-off-by: Yang Shi <yang.shi@linux.alibaba.com> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> Cc: Laurent Dufour <ldufour@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm')
-rw-r--r--mm/mmap.c46
1 files changed, 35 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 1bfd12032664..6c04292e16a7 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -191,16 +191,19 @@ static int do_brk_flags(unsigned long addr, unsigned long request, unsigned long
SYSCALL_DEFINE1(brk, unsigned long, brk)
{
unsigned long retval;
- unsigned long newbrk, oldbrk;
+ unsigned long newbrk, oldbrk, origbrk;
struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
struct vm_area_struct *next;
unsigned long min_brk;
bool populate;
+ bool downgraded = false;
LIST_HEAD(uf);
if (down_write_killable(&mm->mmap_sem))
return -EINTR;
+ origbrk = mm->brk;
+
#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK
/*
* CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK can still be overridden by setting
@@ -229,14 +232,32 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(brk, unsigned long, brk)
newbrk = PAGE_ALIGN(brk);
oldbrk = PAGE_ALIGN(mm->brk);
- if (oldbrk == newbrk)
- goto set_brk;
+ if (oldbrk == newbrk) {
+ mm->brk = brk;
+ goto success;
+ }
- /* Always allow shrinking brk. */
+ /*
+ * Always allow shrinking brk.
+ * __do_munmap() may downgrade mmap_sem to read.
+ */
if (brk <= mm->brk) {
- if (!do_munmap(mm, newbrk, oldbrk-newbrk, &uf))
- goto set_brk;
- goto out;
+ int ret;
+
+ /*
+ * mm->brk must to be protected by write mmap_sem so update it
+ * before downgrading mmap_sem. When __do_munmap() fails,
+ * mm->brk will be restored from origbrk.
+ */
+ mm->brk = brk;
+ ret = __do_munmap(mm, newbrk, oldbrk-newbrk, &uf, true);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ mm->brk = origbrk;
+ goto out;
+ } else if (ret == 1) {
+ downgraded = true;
+ }
+ goto success;
}
/* Check against existing mmap mappings. */
@@ -247,18 +268,21 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(brk, unsigned long, brk)
/* Ok, looks good - let it rip. */
if (do_brk_flags(oldbrk, newbrk-oldbrk, 0, &uf) < 0)
goto out;
-
-set_brk:
mm->brk = brk;
+
+success:
populate = newbrk > oldbrk && (mm->def_flags & VM_LOCKED) != 0;
- up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+ if (downgraded)
+ up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+ else
+ up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
userfaultfd_unmap_complete(mm, &uf);
if (populate)
mm_populate(oldbrk, newbrk - oldbrk);
return brk;
out:
- retval = mm->brk;
+ retval = origbrk;
up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
return retval;
}