+ exec-use-vma-iterator-instead-of-linked-list.patch added to mm-unstable branch

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

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

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@infradead.org>
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@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@Oracle.com>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: Sven Schnelle <svens@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Cc: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 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@infradead.org 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