The patch titled
Subject: exec: use VMA iterator instead of linked list
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is
exec-use-vma-iterator-instead-of-linked-list.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/exec-use-vma-iterator-instead-of-linked-list.patch
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: exec: use VMA iterator instead of linked list
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2022 15:06:25 +0000
Remove a use of the vm_next list by doing the initial lookup with the VMA
iterator and then using it to find the next entry.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220822150128.1562046-42-Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
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: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/exec.c | 9 ++++++---
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/fs/exec.c~exec-use-vma-iterator-instead-of-linked-list
+++ a/fs/exec.c
@@ -683,6 +683,8 @@ static int shift_arg_pages(struct vm_are
unsigned long length = old_end - old_start;
unsigned long new_start = old_start - shift;
unsigned long new_end = old_end - shift;
+ VMA_ITERATOR(vmi, mm, new_start);
+ struct vm_area_struct *next;
struct mmu_gather tlb;
BUG_ON(new_start > new_end);
@@ -691,7 +693,7 @@ static int shift_arg_pages(struct vm_are
* ensure there are no vmas between where we want to go
* and where we are
*/
- if (vma != find_vma(mm, new_start))
+ if (vma != vma_next(&vmi))
return -EFAULT;
/*
@@ -710,12 +712,13 @@ static int shift_arg_pages(struct vm_are
lru_add_drain();
tlb_gather_mmu(&tlb, mm);
+ next = vma_next(&vmi);
if (new_end > old_start) {
/*
* when the old and new regions overlap clear from new_end.
*/
free_pgd_range(&tlb, new_end, old_end, new_end,
- vma->vm_next ? vma->vm_next->vm_start : USER_PGTABLES_CEILING);
+ next ? next->vm_start : USER_PGTABLES_CEILING);
} else {
/*
* otherwise, clean from old_start; this is done to not touch
@@ -724,7 +727,7 @@ static int shift_arg_pages(struct vm_are
* for the others its just a little faster.
*/
free_pgd_range(&tlb, old_start, old_end, new_end,
- vma->vm_next ? vma->vm_next->vm_start : USER_PGTABLES_CEILING);
+ next ? next->vm_start : USER_PGTABLES_CEILING);
}
tlb_finish_mmu(&tlb);
_
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
