Re: [RFC] mlock: release mmap_sem every 256 faulted pages

[KOSAKI Motohiro]

minor additionl comments.

> +		/*
> +		 * Limit batch size to 256 pages in order to reduce
> +		 * mmap_sem hold time.
> +		 */
> +		nfault = nstart + 256 * PAGE_SIZE;

You made 256 pages batch and __mlock_vma_pages_range() has 16 pages 
another batch.
Can we unify this two batch?

Plus, PeterZ implemeted mutex contention detect method (see "[PATCH 18/21] 
mutex: Provide mutex_is_contended"). now you can easily implemnt akpm proposed
efficient batching.

Thanks.


> +
> +		/*
> +		 * Now fault in a batch of pages. We need to check the vma
> +		 * flags again, as we've not been holding mmap_sem.
> +		 */
> +		if ((vma->vm_flags & (VM_DONTEXPAND | VM_RESERVED)) ||
> +		    is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) || vma == get_gate_vma(current)) {
> +			if (nfault < nend)
> +				nend = nfault;
> +			make_pages_present(nstart, nend);
> +		} else if (vma->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED) {
> +			if (nfault < nend)
> +				nend = nfault;
> +			error = __mlock_vma_pages_range(vma, nstart, nend);
> +		}
> +	up:
> +		up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> +		if (error)
> +			return __mlock_posix_error_return(error);
> +	}
> +	return 0;
> +}


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