The patch titled Subject: mm: mark vmas detached upon exit has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is mm-mark-vmas-detached-upon-exit.patch This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-mark-vmas-detached-upon-exit.patch This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next via the mm-everything branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm and is updated there every 2-3 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm: mark vmas detached upon exit Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 09:06:57 -0800 When exit_mmap() removes vmas belonging to an exiting task, it does not mark them as detached since they can't be reached by other tasks and they will be freed shortly. Once we introduce vma reuse, all vmas will have to be in detached state before they are freed to ensure vma when reused is in a consistent state. Add missing vma_mark_detached() before freeing the vma. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20241226170710.1159679-6-surenb@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Hillf Danton <hdanton@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> Cc: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Klara Modin <klarasmodin@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Lokesh Gidra <lokeshgidra@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Sourav Panda <souravpanda@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/vma.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/mm/vma.c~mm-mark-vmas-detached-upon-exit +++ a/mm/vma.c @@ -413,9 +413,10 @@ void remove_vma(struct vm_area_struct *v if (vma->vm_file) fput(vma->vm_file); mpol_put(vma_policy(vma)); - if (unreachable) + if (unreachable) { + vma_mark_detached(vma); __vm_area_free(vma); - else + } else vm_area_free(vma); } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from surenb@xxxxxxxxxx are seqlock-add-raw_seqcount_try_begin.patch mm-convert-mm_lock_seq-to-a-proper-seqcount.patch mm-introduce-mmap_lock_speculate_try_beginretry.patch mm-introduce-vma_start_read_locked_nested-helpers.patch mm-move-per-vma-lock-into-vm_area_struct.patch mm-mark-vma-as-detached-until-its-added-into-vma-tree.patch mm-modify-vma_iter_store_gfp-to-indicate-if-its-storing-a-new-vma.patch mm-mark-vmas-detached-upon-exit.patch mm-nommu-fix-the-last-places-where-vma-is-not-locked-before-being-attached.patch types-move-struct-rcuwait-into-typesh.patch mm-allow-vma_start_read_locked-vma_start_read_locked_nested-to-fail.patch mm-move-mmap_init_lock-out-of-the-header-file.patch mm-uninline-the-main-body-of-vma_start_write.patch refcount-introduce-__refcount_addinc_not_zero_limited.patch mm-replace-vm_lock-and-detached-flag-with-a-reference-count.patch mm-debug-print-vm_refcnt-state-when-dumping-the-vma.patch mm-debug-print-vm_refcnt-state-when-dumping-the-vma-fix.patch mm-remove-extra-vma_numab_state_init-call.patch mm-prepare-lock_vma_under_rcu-for-vma-reuse-possibility.patch mm-make-vma-cache-slab_typesafe_by_rcu.patch docs-mm-document-latest-changes-to-vm_lock.patch