The patch titled
Subject: arm64/mm: use helper fault_signal_pending()
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
arm64-mm-use-helper-fault_signal_pending.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/arm64-mm-use-helper-fault_signal_pending.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/arm64-mm-use-helper-fault_signal_pending.patch
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From: Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: arm64/mm: use helper fault_signal_pending()
Let the arm64 fault handling to use the new fault_signal_pending() helper,
by moving the signal handling out of the retry logic.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200220155927.9264-1-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/arm64/mm/fault.c | 19 +++++++------------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c~arm64-mm-use-helper-fault_signal_pending
+++ a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
@@ -513,19 +513,14 @@ retry:
fault = __do_page_fault(mm, addr, mm_flags, vm_flags);
major |= fault & VM_FAULT_MAJOR;
- if (fault & VM_FAULT_RETRY) {
- /*
- * If we need to retry but a fatal signal is pending,
- * handle the signal first. We do not need to release
- * the mmap_sem because it would already be released
- * in __lock_page_or_retry in mm/filemap.c.
- */
- if (fatal_signal_pending(current)) {
- if (!user_mode(regs))
- goto no_context;
- return 0;
- }
+ /* Quick path to respond to signals */
+ if (fault_signal_pending(fault, regs)) {
+ if (!user_mode(regs))
+ goto no_context;
+ return 0;
+ }
+ if (fault & VM_FAULT_RETRY) {
/*
* Clear FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY to avoid any risk of
* starvation.
_
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
