This driver already uses gup_fast() and thus we can just drop
the mmap_sem protection around the pinned_vm counter. Note that
the window between when hfi1_can_pin_pages() is called and the
actual counter is incremented remains the same as mmap_sem was
_only_ used for when ->pinned_vm was touched.
Reviewed-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@xxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/user_pages.c | 6 ------
1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/user_pages.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/user_pages.c
index 40a6e434190f..24b592c6522e 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/user_pages.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/user_pages.c
@@ -91,9 +91,7 @@ bool hfi1_can_pin_pages(struct hfi1_devdata *dd, struct mm_struct *mm,
/* Convert to number of pages */
size = DIV_ROUND_UP(size, PAGE_SIZE);
- down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
pinned = atomic64_read(&mm->pinned_vm);
- up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
/* First, check the absolute limit against all pinned pages. */
if (pinned + npages >= ulimit && !can_lock)
@@ -111,9 +109,7 @@ int hfi1_acquire_user_pages(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long vaddr, size_t np
if (ret < 0)
return ret;
- down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
atomic64_add(ret, &mm->pinned_vm);
- up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
return ret;
}
@@ -130,8 +126,6 @@ void hfi1_release_user_pages(struct mm_struct *mm, struct page **p,
}
if (mm) { /* during close after signal, mm can be NULL */
- down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
atomic64_sub(npages, &mm->pinned_vm);
- up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
}
}
--
2.16.4
