The quilt patch titled Subject: epoll: rename global epmutex has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was epoll-rename-global-epmutex.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-nonmm-stable branch of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm ------------------------------------------------------ From: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: epoll: rename global epmutex Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 16:41:59 -0700 As of 4f04cbaf128 ("epoll: use refcount to reduce ep_mutex contention"), this lock is now specific to nesting cases - inserting an epoll fd onto another epoll fd. Rename the lock to be less generic. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230411234159.20421-1-dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/eventpoll.c | 22 +++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) --- a/fs/eventpoll.c~epoll-rename-global-epmutex +++ a/fs/eventpoll.c @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ * LOCKING: * There are three level of locking required by epoll : * - * 1) epmutex (mutex) + * 1) epnested_mutex (mutex) * 2) ep->mtx (mutex) * 3) ep->lock (rwlock) * @@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ * we need a lock that will allow us to sleep. This lock is a * mutex (ep->mtx). It is acquired during the event transfer loop, * during epoll_ctl(EPOLL_CTL_DEL) and during eventpoll_release_file(). - * The epmutex is acquired when inserting an epoll fd onto another epoll - * fd. We do this so that we walk the epoll tree and ensure that this + * The epnested_mutex is acquired when inserting an epoll fd onto another + * epoll fd. We do this so that we walk the epoll tree and ensure that this * insertion does not create a cycle of epoll file descriptors, which * could lead to deadlock. We need a global mutex to prevent two * simultaneous inserts (A into B and B into A) from racing and @@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ * of epoll file descriptors, we use the current recursion depth as * the lockdep subkey. * It is possible to drop the "ep->mtx" and to use the global - * mutex "epmutex" (together with "ep->lock") to have it working, + * mutex "epnested_mutex" (together with "ep->lock") to have it working, * but having "ep->mtx" will make the interface more scalable. - * Events that require holding "epmutex" are very rare, while for + * Events that require holding "epnested_mutex" are very rare, while for * normal operations the epoll private "ep->mtx" will guarantee * a better scalability. */ @@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ struct ep_pqueue { static long max_user_watches __read_mostly; /* Used for cycles detection */ -static DEFINE_MUTEX(epmutex); +static DEFINE_MUTEX(epnested_mutex); static u64 loop_check_gen = 0; @@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ static struct kmem_cache *pwq_cache __re /* * List of files with newly added links, where we may need to limit the number - * of emanating paths. Protected by the epmutex. + * of emanating paths. Protected by the epnested_mutex. */ struct epitems_head { struct hlist_head epitems; @@ -1337,7 +1337,7 @@ static void ep_rbtree_insert(struct even * is connected to n file sources. In this case each file source has 1 path * of length 1. Thus, the numbers below should be more than sufficient. These * path limits are enforced during an EPOLL_CTL_ADD operation, since a modify - * and delete can't add additional paths. Protected by the epmutex. + * and delete can't add additional paths. Protected by the epnested_mutex. */ static const int path_limits[PATH_ARR_SIZE] = { 1000, 500, 100, 50, 10 }; static int path_count[PATH_ARR_SIZE]; @@ -2167,7 +2167,7 @@ int do_epoll_ctl(int epfd, int op, int f * We do not need to take the global 'epumutex' on EPOLL_CTL_ADD when * the epoll file descriptor is attaching directly to a wakeup source, * unless the epoll file descriptor is nested. The purpose of taking the - * 'epmutex' on add is to prevent complex toplogies such as loops and + * 'epnested_mutex' on add is to prevent complex toplogies such as loops and * deep wakeup paths from forming in parallel through multiple * EPOLL_CTL_ADD operations. */ @@ -2178,7 +2178,7 @@ int do_epoll_ctl(int epfd, int op, int f if (READ_ONCE(f.file->f_ep) || ep->gen == loop_check_gen || is_file_epoll(tf.file)) { mutex_unlock(&ep->mtx); - error = epoll_mutex_lock(&epmutex, 0, nonblock); + error = epoll_mutex_lock(&epnested_mutex, 0, nonblock); if (error) goto error_tgt_fput; loop_check_gen++; @@ -2239,7 +2239,7 @@ error_tgt_fput: if (full_check) { clear_tfile_check_list(); loop_check_gen++; - mutex_unlock(&epmutex); + mutex_unlock(&epnested_mutex); } fdput(tf); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx are