Provide a way to lock an mm_struct against reclaim (try_to_unmap
etc). This is necessary for the invalidate notifier approaches so
that they can reliably add and remove a notifier.
Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
include/linux/mm.h | 10 ++++++++
mm/mmap.c | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 76 insertions(+)
Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/mm.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/mm.h 2008-04-02 11:41:47.741678873 -0700
+++ linux-2.6/include/linux/mm.h 2008-04-04 15:02:17.660504756 -0700
@@ -1050,6 +1050,16 @@ extern int install_special_mapping(struc
unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
unsigned long flags, struct page **pages);
+/*
+ * Locking and unlocking am mm against reclaim.
+ *
+ * mm_lock will take mmap_sem writably (to prevent additional vmas from being
+ * added) and then take all mapping locks of the existing vmas. With that
+ * reclaim is effectively stopped.
+ */
+extern void mm_lock(struct mm_struct *mm);
+extern void mm_unlock(struct mm_struct *mm);
+
extern unsigned long get_unmapped_area(struct file *, unsigned long, unsigned
long, unsigned long, unsigned long);
extern unsigned long do_mmap_pgoff(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
Index: linux-2.6/mm/mmap.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/mmap.c 2008-04-04 14:55:03.477593980 -0700
+++ linux-2.6/mm/mmap.c 2008-04-04 14:59:05.505395402 -0700
@@ -2242,3 +2242,69 @@ int install_special_mapping(struct mm_st
return 0;
}
+
+static void mm_lock_unlock(struct mm_struct *mm, int lock)
+{
+ struct vm_area_struct *vma;
+ spinlock_t *i_mmap_lock_last, *anon_vma_lock_last;
+
+ i_mmap_lock_last = NULL;
+ for (;;) {
+ spinlock_t *i_mmap_lock = (spinlock_t *) -1UL;
+ for (vma = mm->mmap; vma; vma = vma->vm_next)
+ if (vma->vm_file && vma->vm_file->f_mapping &&
+ (unsigned long) i_mmap_lock >
+ (unsigned long)
+ &vma->vm_file->f_mapping->i_mmap_lock &&
+ (unsigned long)
+ &vma->vm_file->f_mapping->i_mmap_lock >
+ (unsigned long) i_mmap_lock_last)
+ i_mmap_lock =
+ &vma->vm_file->f_mapping->i_mmap_lock;
+ if (i_mmap_lock == (spinlock_t *) -1UL)
+ break;
+ i_mmap_lock_last = i_mmap_lock;
+ if (lock)
+ spin_lock(i_mmap_lock);
+ else
+ spin_unlock(i_mmap_lock);
+ }
+
+ anon_vma_lock_last = NULL;
+ for (;;) {
+ spinlock_t *anon_vma_lock = (spinlock_t *) -1UL;
+ for (vma = mm->mmap; vma; vma = vma->vm_next)
+ if (vma->anon_vma &&
+ (unsigned long) anon_vma_lock >
+ (unsigned long) &vma->anon_vma->lock &&
+ (unsigned long) &vma->anon_vma->lock >
+ (unsigned long) anon_vma_lock_last)
+ anon_vma_lock = &vma->anon_vma->lock;
+ if (anon_vma_lock == (spinlock_t *) -1UL)
+ break;
+ anon_vma_lock_last = anon_vma_lock;
+ if (lock)
+ spin_lock(anon_vma_lock);
+ else
+ spin_unlock(anon_vma_lock);
+ }
+}
+
+/*
+ * This operation locks against the VM for all pte/vma/mm related
+ * operations that could ever happen on a certain mm. This includes
+ * vmtruncate, try_to_unmap, and all page faults. The holder
+ * must not hold any mm related lock. A single task can't take more
+ * than one mm lock in a row or it would deadlock.
+ */
+void mm_lock(struct mm_struct * mm)
+{
+ down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+ mm_lock_unlock(mm, 1);
+}
+
+void mm_unlock(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+ mm_lock_unlock(mm, 0);
+ up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+}
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