The patch titled
Subject: x86/mm: use helper fault_signal_pending()
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
x86-mm-use-helper-fault_signal_pending.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/x86-mm-use-helper-fault_signal_pending.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/x86-mm-use-helper-fault_signal_pending.patch
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From: Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: x86/mm: use helper fault_signal_pending()
Let's move the fatal signal check even earlier so that we can directly use
the new fault_signal_pending() in x86 mm code.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200220155353.8676-5-peterx@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Bobby Powers <bobbypowers@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Brian Geffon <bgeffon@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Denis Plotnikov <dplotnikov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Dr . David Alan Gilbert" <dgilbert@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jerome Glisse <jglisse@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Martin Cracauer <cracauer@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Marty McFadden <mcfadden8@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Maya Gokhale <gokhale2@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/mm/fault.c | 28 +++++++++++++---------------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c~x86-mm-use-helper-fault_signal_pending
+++ a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
@@ -1464,27 +1464,25 @@ good_area:
fault = handle_mm_fault(vma, address, flags);
major |= fault & VM_FAULT_MAJOR;
+ /* Quick path to respond to signals */
+ if (fault_signal_pending(fault, regs)) {
+ if (!user_mode(regs))
+ no_context(regs, hw_error_code, address, SIGBUS,
+ BUS_ADRERR);
+ return;
+ }
+
/*
* If we need to retry the mmap_sem has already been released,
* and if there is a fatal signal pending there is no guarantee
* that we made any progress. Handle this case first.
*/
- if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_RETRY)) {
+ if (unlikely((fault & VM_FAULT_RETRY) &&
+ (flags & FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY))) {
/* Retry at most once */
- if (flags & FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY) {
- flags &= ~FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY;
- flags |= FAULT_FLAG_TRIED;
- if (!fatal_signal_pending(tsk))
- goto retry;
- }
-
- /* User mode? Just return to handle the fatal exception */
- if (flags & FAULT_FLAG_USER)
- return;
-
- /* Not returning to user mode? Handle exceptions or die: */
- no_context(regs, hw_error_code, address, SIGBUS, BUS_ADRERR);
- return;
+ flags &= ~FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY;
+ flags |= FAULT_FLAG_TRIED;
+ goto retry;
}
up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from peterx@xxxxxxxxxx are
mm-gup-rename-nonblocking-to-locked-where-proper.patch
mm-gup-fix-__get_user_pages-on-fault-retry-of-hugetlb.patch
mm-introduce-fault_signal_pending.patch
x86-mm-use-helper-fault_signal_pending.patch
arc-mm-use-helper-fault_signal_pending.patch
arm64-mm-use-helper-fault_signal_pending.patch
powerpc-mm-use-helper-fault_signal_pending.patch
sh-mm-use-helper-fault_signal_pending.patch
mm-return-faster-for-non-fatal-signals-in-user-mode-faults.patch
userfaultfd-dont-retake-mmap_sem-to-emulate-nopage.patch
mm-introduce-fault_flag_default.patch
mm-introduce-fault_flag_interruptible.patch
mm-allow-vm_fault_retry-for-multiple-times.patch
mm-gup-allow-vm_fault_retry-for-multiple-times.patch
mm-gup-allow-to-react-to-fatal-signals.patch
mm-userfaultfd-honor-fault_flag_killable-in-fault-path.patch
mm-merge-parameters-for-change_protection.patch
userfaultfd-wp-apply-_page_uffd_wp-bit.patch
userfaultfd-wp-drop-_page_uffd_wp-properly-when-fork.patch
userfaultfd-wp-add-pmd_swp_uffd_wp-helpers.patch
userfaultfd-wp-support-swap-and-page-migration.patch
khugepaged-skip-collapse-if-uffd-wp-detected.patch
userfaultfd-wp-dont-wake-up-when-doing-write-protect.patch
userfaultfd-wp-declare-_uffdio_writeprotect-conditionally.patch
userfaultfd-selftests-refactor-statistics.patch
userfaultfd-selftests-add-write-protect-test.patch
