Hello Andrew, On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 04:41:32PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Fri, 27 Jan 2017 20:44:31 +0200 Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Allow userfaultfd monitor track termination of the processes that have > > memory backed by the uffd. > > > > --- a/fs/userfaultfd.c > > +++ b/fs/userfaultfd.c > > @@ -774,6 +774,30 @@ void userfaultfd_unmap_complete(struct mm_struct *mm, struct list_head *uf) > > } > > } > > > > +void userfaultfd_exit(struct mm_struct *mm) > > +{ > > + struct vm_area_struct *vma = mm->mmap; > > + > > + while (vma) { > > + struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx = vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx.ctx; > > + > > + if (ctx && (ctx->features & UFFD_FEATURE_EVENT_EXIT)) { > > + struct userfaultfd_wait_queue ewq; > > + > > + userfaultfd_ctx_get(ctx); > > + > > + msg_init(&ewq.msg); > > + ewq.msg.event = UFFD_EVENT_EXIT; > > + > > + userfaultfd_event_wait_completion(ctx, &ewq); > > + > > + ctx->features &= ~UFFD_FEATURE_EVENT_EXIT; > > + } > > + > > + vma = vma->vm_next; > > + } > > +} > > And we can do the vma walk without locking because the caller (exit_mm) > knows it now has exclusive access. Worth a comment? I've just used your wording, seems to me neat and to the point. >From 74af75b062dcb2dc3cc8d2b57f9388c22c2b89e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2017 15:50:14 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] userfaultfd: exit event: add comment about lockless vma walk Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/userfaultfd.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/userfaultfd.c b/fs/userfaultfd.c index 6587f40..3c421d0 100644 --- a/fs/userfaultfd.c +++ b/fs/userfaultfd.c @@ -778,6 +778,10 @@ void userfaultfd_exit(struct mm_struct *mm) { struct vm_area_struct *vma = mm->mmap; + /* + * We can do the vma walk without locking because the caller + * (exit_mm) knows it now has exclusive access + */ while (vma) { struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx = vma->vm_userfaultfd_ctx.ctx; -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>