From: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
To: "Alice Ryhl" <aliceryhl@google.com>
Cc: "Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@kernel.org>,
"Matthew Wilcox" <willy@infradead.org>,
"Lorenzo Stoakes" <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>,
"Vlastimil Babka" <vbabka@suse.cz>,
"John Hubbard" <jhubbard@nvidia.com>,
"Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>,
"Andrew Morton" <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
"Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
"Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de>, "Jann Horn" <jannh@google.com>,
"Suren Baghdasaryan" <surenb@google.com>,
"Alex Gaynor" <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>,
"Boqun Feng" <boqun.feng@gmail.com>,
"Gary Guo" <gary@garyguo.net>,
"Björn Roy Baron" <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>,
"Benno Lossin" <benno.lossin@proton.me>,
"Trevor Gross" <tmgross@umich.edu>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v12 4/8] mm: rust: add lock_vma_under_rcu
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 13:50:42 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87tt9td4yl.fsf@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250115-vma-v12-4-375099ae017a@google.com> (Alice Ryhl's message of "Wed, 15 Jan 2025 13:35:07 +0000")
"Alice Ryhl" <aliceryhl@google.com> writes:
> Currently, the binder driver always uses the mmap lock to make changes
> to its vma. Because the mmap lock is global to the process, this can
> involve significant contention. However, the kernel has a feature called
> per-vma locks, which can significantly reduce contention. For example,
> you can take a vma lock in parallel with an mmap write lock. This is
> important because contention on the mmap lock has been a long-term
> recurring challenge for the Binder driver.
>
> This patch introduces support for using `lock_vma_under_rcu` from Rust.
> The Rust Binder driver will be able to use this to reduce contention on
> the mmap lock.
>
> Acked-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> (for mm bits)
> Reviewed-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
Best regards,
Andreas Hindborg
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-01-20 13:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-01-15 13:35 [PATCH v12 0/8] Rust support for mm_struct, vm_area_struct, and mmap Alice Ryhl
2025-01-15 13:35 ` [PATCH v12 1/8] mm: rust: add abstraction for struct mm_struct Alice Ryhl
2025-01-20 12:33 ` Andreas Hindborg
2025-01-15 13:35 ` [PATCH v12 2/8] mm: rust: add vm_area_struct methods that require read access Alice Ryhl
2025-01-20 12:40 ` Andreas Hindborg
2025-01-15 13:35 ` [PATCH v12 3/8] mm: rust: add vm_insert_page Alice Ryhl
2025-01-20 12:47 ` Andreas Hindborg
2025-01-15 13:35 ` [PATCH v12 4/8] mm: rust: add lock_vma_under_rcu Alice Ryhl
2025-01-20 12:50 ` Andreas Hindborg [this message]
2025-01-15 13:35 ` [PATCH v12 5/8] mm: rust: add mmput_async support Alice Ryhl
2025-01-15 13:35 ` [PATCH v12 6/8] mm: rust: add VmAreaNew for f_ops->mmap() Alice Ryhl
2025-01-20 13:00 ` Andreas Hindborg
2025-01-15 13:35 ` [PATCH v12 7/8] rust: miscdevice: add mmap support Alice Ryhl
2025-01-17 12:11 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2025-01-20 13:48 ` Andreas Hindborg
2025-01-15 13:35 ` [PATCH v12 8/8] task: rust: rework how current is accessed Alice Ryhl
2025-01-20 13:58 ` Andreas Hindborg
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