The patch titled
Subject: perf: use VMA iterator
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is
perf-use-vma-iterator.patch
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https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/perf-use-vma-iterator.patch
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From: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: perf: use VMA iterator
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2022 15:06:27 +0000
The VMA iterator is faster than the linked list and removing the linked
list will shrink the vm_area_struct.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220822150128.1562046-48-Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: SeongJae Park <sj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sven Schnelle <svens@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/events/core.c | 3 ++-
kernel/events/uprobes.c | 9 ++++++---
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
--- a/kernel/events/core.c~perf-use-vma-iterator
+++ a/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -10229,8 +10229,9 @@ static void perf_addr_filter_apply(struc
struct perf_addr_filter_range *fr)
{
struct vm_area_struct *vma;
+ VMA_ITERATOR(vmi, mm, 0);
- for (vma = mm->mmap; vma; vma = vma->vm_next) {
+ for_each_vma(vmi, vma) {
if (!vma->vm_file)
continue;
--- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c~perf-use-vma-iterator
+++ a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
@@ -349,9 +349,10 @@ static bool valid_ref_ctr_vma(struct upr
static struct vm_area_struct *
find_ref_ctr_vma(struct uprobe *uprobe, struct mm_struct *mm)
{
+ VMA_ITERATOR(vmi, mm, 0);
struct vm_area_struct *tmp;
- for (tmp = mm->mmap; tmp; tmp = tmp->vm_next)
+ for_each_vma(vmi, tmp)
if (valid_ref_ctr_vma(uprobe, tmp))
return tmp;
@@ -1231,11 +1232,12 @@ int uprobe_apply(struct inode *inode, lo
static int unapply_uprobe(struct uprobe *uprobe, struct mm_struct *mm)
{
+ VMA_ITERATOR(vmi, mm, 0);
struct vm_area_struct *vma;
int err = 0;
mmap_read_lock(mm);
- for (vma = mm->mmap; vma; vma = vma->vm_next) {
+ for_each_vma(vmi, vma) {
unsigned long vaddr;
loff_t offset;
@@ -1983,9 +1985,10 @@ bool uprobe_deny_signal(void)
static void mmf_recalc_uprobes(struct mm_struct *mm)
{
+ VMA_ITERATOR(vmi, mm, 0);
struct vm_area_struct *vma;
- for (vma = mm->mmap; vma; vma = vma->vm_next) {
+ for_each_vma(vmi, vma) {
if (!valid_vma(vma, false))
continue;
/*
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are
support-highmem-pages-in-vmap_pages_range_noflush.patch
mm-add-vma-iterator.patch
mmap-use-the-vma-iterator-in-count_vma_pages_range.patch
proc-remove-vma-rbtree-use-from-nommu.patch
arm64-remove-mmap-linked-list-from-vdso.patch
parisc-remove-mmap-linked-list-from-cache-handling.patch
powerpc-remove-mmap-linked-list-walks.patch
s390-remove-vma-linked-list-walks.patch
x86-remove-vma-linked-list-walks.patch
xtensa-remove-vma-linked-list-walks.patch
cxl-remove-vma-linked-list-walk.patch
optee-remove-vma-linked-list-walk.patch
um-remove-vma-linked-list-walk.patch
coredump-remove-vma-linked-list-walk.patch
exec-use-vma-iterator-instead-of-linked-list.patch
fs-proc-task_mmu-stop-using-linked-list-and-highest_vm_end.patch
acct-use-vma-iterator-instead-of-linked-list.patch
perf-use-vma-iterator.patch
sched-use-maple-tree-iterator-to-walk-vmas.patch
fork-use-vma-iterator.patch
mm-khugepaged-stop-using-vma-linked-list.patch
mm-ksm-use-vma-iterators-instead-of-vma-linked-list.patch
mm-mlock-use-vma-iterator-and-maple-state-instead-of-vma-linked-list.patch
mm-pagewalk-use-vma_find-instead-of-vma-linked-list.patch
i915-use-the-vma-iterator.patch
nommu-remove-uses-of-vma-linked-list.patch
