+ fork-use-vma-iterator.patch added to mm-unstable branch

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The patch titled
     Subject: fork: use VMA iterator
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     fork-use-vma-iterator.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/fork-use-vma-iterator.patch

This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: fork: 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/20220822150128.1562046-50-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/fork.c |    7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/fork.c~fork-use-vma-iterator
+++ a/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1301,13 +1301,16 @@ int replace_mm_exe_file(struct mm_struct
 	/* Forbid mm->exe_file change if old file still mapped. */
 	old_exe_file = get_mm_exe_file(mm);
 	if (old_exe_file) {
+		VMA_ITERATOR(vmi, mm, 0);
 		mmap_read_lock(mm);
-		for (vma = mm->mmap; vma && !ret; vma = vma->vm_next) {
+		for_each_vma(vmi, vma) {
 			if (!vma->vm_file)
 				continue;
 			if (path_equal(&vma->vm_file->f_path,
-				       &old_exe_file->f_path))
+				       &old_exe_file->f_path)) {
 				ret = -EBUSY;
+				break;
+			}
 		}
 		mmap_read_unlock(mm);
 		fput(old_exe_file);
_

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




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