[PATCH v6 06/12] mmap locking API: convert nested write lock sites

From: Michel Lespinasse
Date: Wed May 20 2020 - 01:29:37 EST


Add API for nested write locks and convert the few call sites doing that.

Signed-off-by: Michel Lespinasse <walken@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Jordan <daniel.m.jordan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Laurent Dufour <ldufour@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/um/include/asm/mmu_context.h | 3 ++-
include/linux/mmap_lock.h | 5 +++++
kernel/fork.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/um/include/asm/mmu_context.h b/arch/um/include/asm/mmu_context.h
index 62262c5c7785..17ddd4edf875 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/asm/mmu_context.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/asm/mmu_context.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@

#include <linux/sched.h>
#include <linux/mm_types.h>
+#include <linux/mmap_lock.h>

#include <asm/mmu.h>

@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ static inline void activate_mm(struct mm_struct *old, struct mm_struct *new)
* when the new ->mm is used for the first time.
*/
__switch_mm(&new->context.id);
- down_write_nested(&new->mmap_sem, 1);
+ mmap_write_lock_nested(new, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
uml_setup_stubs(new);
mmap_write_unlock(new);
}
diff --git a/include/linux/mmap_lock.h b/include/linux/mmap_lock.h
index 97ac53b66052..a757cb30ae77 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmap_lock.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmap_lock.h
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ static inline void mmap_write_lock(struct mm_struct *mm)
down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
}

+static inline void mmap_write_lock_nested(struct mm_struct *mm, int subclass)
+{
+ down_write_nested(&mm->mmap_sem, subclass);
+}
+
static inline int mmap_write_lock_killable(struct mm_struct *mm)
{
return down_write_killable(&mm->mmap_sem);
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index a4db6bc952c6..e702e84897fa 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ static __latent_entropy int dup_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm,
/*
* Not linked in yet - no deadlock potential:
*/
- down_write_nested(&mm->mmap_sem, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
+ mmap_write_lock_nested(mm, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);

/* No ordering required: file already has been exposed. */
RCU_INIT_POINTER(mm->exe_file, get_mm_exe_file(oldmm));
--
2.26.2.761.g0e0b3e54be-goog