[PATCH 6/5] adjust mm_take_all_locks to anon-vma-root locking

[Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>]

This is needed as 6/5 to avoid lockups in mm_take_all_locks.

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Subject: adjust mm_take_all_locks to the root_anon_vma locking

From: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>

Track the anon_vma->root->lock.

Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>
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diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -2480,7 +2480,7 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(mm_all_locks_mutex);
 
 static void vm_lock_anon_vma(struct mm_struct *mm, struct anon_vma *anon_vma)
 {
-	if (!test_bit(0, (unsigned long *) &anon_vma->head.next)) {
+	if (!test_bit(0, (unsigned long *) &anon_vma->root->head.next)) {
 		/*
 		 * The LSB of head.next can't change from under us
 		 * because we hold the mm_all_locks_mutex.
@@ -2488,15 +2488,15 @@ static void vm_lock_anon_vma(struct mm_s
 		spin_lock_nest_lock(&anon_vma->root->lock, &mm->mmap_sem);
 		/*
 		 * We can safely modify head.next after taking the
-		 * anon_vma->lock. If some other vma in this mm shares
+		 * anon_vma->root->lock. If some other vma in this mm shares
 		 * the same anon_vma we won't take it again.
 		 *
 		 * No need of atomic instructions here, head.next
 		 * can't change from under us thanks to the
-		 * anon_vma->lock.
+		 * anon_vma->root->lock.
 		 */
 		if (__test_and_set_bit(0, (unsigned long *)
-				       &anon_vma->head.next))
+				       &anon_vma->root->head.next))
 			BUG();
 	}
 }
@@ -2537,12 +2537,12 @@ static void vm_lock_mapping(struct mm_st
  * A single task can't take more than one mm_take_all_locks() in a row
  * or it would deadlock.
  *
- * The LSB in anon_vma->head.next and the AS_MM_ALL_LOCKS bitflag in
+ * The LSB in anon_vma->root->head.next and the AS_MM_ALL_LOCKS bitflag in
  * mapping->flags avoid to take the same lock twice, if more than one
  * vma in this mm is backed by the same anon_vma or address_space.
  *
  * We can take all the locks in random order because the VM code
- * taking i_mmap_lock or anon_vma->lock outside the mmap_sem never
+ * taking i_mmap_lock or anon_vma->root->lock outside the mmap_sem never
  * takes more than one of them in a row. Secondly we're protected
  * against a concurrent mm_take_all_locks() by the mm_all_locks_mutex.
  *
@@ -2587,21 +2587,21 @@ out_unlock:
 
 static void vm_unlock_anon_vma(struct anon_vma *anon_vma)
 {
-	if (test_bit(0, (unsigned long *) &anon_vma->head.next)) {
+	if (test_bit(0, (unsigned long *) &anon_vma->root->head.next)) {
 		/*
 		 * The LSB of head.next can't change to 0 from under
 		 * us because we hold the mm_all_locks_mutex.
 		 *
 		 * We must however clear the bitflag before unlocking
-		 * the vma so the users using the anon_vma->head will
+		 * the vma so the users using the anon_vma->root->head will
 		 * never see our bitflag.
 		 *
 		 * No need of atomic instructions here, head.next
 		 * can't change from under us until we release the
-		 * anon_vma->lock.
+		 * anon_vma->root->lock.
 		 */
 		if (!__test_and_clear_bit(0, (unsigned long *)
-					  &anon_vma->head.next))
+					  &anon_vma->root->head.next))
 			BUG();
 		anon_vma_unlock(anon_vma);
 	}

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