[merged mm-stable] binder-remove-mmap_lock-fallback.patch removed from -mm tree

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

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The quilt patch titled
     Subject: binder: remove mmap_lock fallback
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     binder-remove-mmap_lock-fallback.patch

This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-stable branch
of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Subject: binder: remove mmap_lock fallback
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 13:30:55 -0700

Previously, the per-VMA locking could fail in the face of writers which
necessitate a fallback to mmap_lock.  The new vma_start_read_unlocked()
will wait for writers instead of failing.

Use the new helper.  Wait for writers.  Remove the fallback to mmap_lock.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260831203056.838265-5-surenb@google.com
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Acked-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>
Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Todd Kjos <tkjos@android.com>
Cc: Christian Brauner <christian@brauner.io>
Cc: Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@google.com>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>
Cc: Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@android.com>
Cc: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
---

 drivers/android/binder/page_range.rs |   19 ++--------------
 drivers/android/binder_alloc.c       |   17 ++++-----------
 rust/kernel/mm.rs                    |   28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c~binder-remove-mmap_lock-fallback
+++ a/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c
@@ -259,21 +259,14 @@ static int binder_page_insert(struct bin
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
 	int ret = -ESRCH;
 
-	/* attempt per-vma lock first */
-	vma = lock_vma_under_rcu(mm, addr);
-	if (vma) {
-		if (binder_alloc_is_mapped(alloc))
-			ret = vm_insert_page(vma, addr, page);
-		vma_end_read(vma);
+	vma = vma_start_read_unlocked(mm, addr);
+	if (!vma)
 		return ret;
-	}
 
-	/* fall back to mmap_lock */
-	mmap_read_lock(mm);
-	vma = vma_lookup(mm, addr);
-	if (vma && binder_alloc_is_mapped(alloc))
+	if (binder_alloc_is_mapped(alloc))
 		ret = vm_insert_page(vma, addr, page);
-	mmap_read_unlock(mm);
+
+	vma_end_read(vma);
 
 	return ret;
 }
--- a/drivers/android/binder/page_range.rs~binder-remove-mmap_lock-fallback
+++ a/drivers/android/binder/page_range.rs
@@ -439,22 +439,9 @@ impl ShrinkablePageRange {
         // workqueue.
         let mm = MmWithUser::into_mmput_async(self.mm.mmget_not_zero().ok_or(ESRCH)?);
         {
-            let vma_read;
-            let mmap_read;
-            let vma = if let Some(ret) = mm.lock_vma_under_rcu(vma_addr) {
-                vma_read = ret;
-                check_vma(&vma_read, self)
-            } else {
-                mmap_read = mm.mmap_read_lock();
-                mmap_read
-                    .vma_lookup(vma_addr)
-                    .and_then(|vma| check_vma(vma, self))
-            };
-
-            match vma {
-                Some(vma) => vma.vm_insert_page(user_page_addr, &new_page)?,
-                None => return Err(ESRCH),
-            }
+            let vma_read_guard = mm.vma_start_read_unlocked(vma_addr).ok_or(ESRCH)?;
+            let vma = check_vma(&vma_read_guard, self).ok_or(ESRCH)?;
+            vma.vm_insert_page(user_page_addr, &new_page)?;
         }
 
         let inner = self.lock.lock();
--- a/rust/kernel/mm.rs~binder-remove-mmap_lock-fallback
+++ a/rust/kernel/mm.rs
@@ -186,6 +186,34 @@ impl MmWithUser {
         })
     }
 
+    /// Find the VMA covering 'address' and read-lock it.
+    ///
+    /// The fast path does not take mmap_lock. Waits for writers to finish if the
+    /// VMA is being modified by taking mmap_lock.
+    /// Use when mmap_lock is not held, otherwise use vma_start_read_locked().
+    /// Nothing prevents VMAs being unmapped/mapped before or after the VMA is
+    /// looked up, if a stronger guarantee is required, take an mmap_lock.
+    ///
+    /// Return: If a VMA exists which spans @address, return that VMA, read-locked.
+    /// If no VMA is mapped there or, very unlikely, a reference count overflow
+    /// occurred, return NULL.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn vma_start_read_unlocked(&self, vma_addr: usize) -> Option<VmaReadGuard<'_>> {
+        // SAFETY: We may invoke `vma_start_read_unlocked` because we know this `mm` has non-zero
+        // `mm_users`.
+        let vma = unsafe { bindings::vma_start_read_unlocked(self.as_raw(), vma_addr) };
+        if vma.is_null() {
+            return None;
+        }
+        // INVARIANT: We just acquired the VMA read lock.
+        Some(VmaReadGuard {
+            // SAFETY: If `vma_start_read_unlocked` returns a non-null ptr, then it points at a
+            // valid vma. The vma is stable for as long as the vma read lock is held.
+            vma: unsafe { VmaRef::from_raw(vma) },
+            _nts: NotThreadSafe,
+        })
+    }
+
     /// Lock the mmap read lock.
     #[inline]
     pub fn mmap_read_lock(&self) -> MmapReadGuard<'_> {
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from dave.hansen@linux.intel.com are