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Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 07/11] proc: flush task dcache entries from all procfs instances
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 16:48:14 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHk-=wgmn9Qds0VznyphouSZW6e42GWDT5H1dpZg8pyGDGN+=w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87lfp7h422.fsf-JOvCrm2gF+uungPnsOpG7nhyD016LWXt@public.gmane.org>
On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 1:48 PM Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm-aS9lmoZGLiVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> The good news is proc_flush_task isn't exactly called from process exit.
> proc_flush_task is called during zombie clean up. AKA release_task.
Yeah, that at least avoids some of the nasty locking while dying debug problems.
But the one I was more worried about was actually the lock contention
issue with lots of processes. The lock is basically a single global
lock in many situations - yes, it's technically per-ns, but in a lot
of cases you really only have one namespace anyway.
And we've had problems with global locks in this area before, notably
the one you call out:
> Further after proc_flush_task does it's thing the code goes
> and does "write_lock_irq(&task_list_lock);"
Yeah, so it's not introducing a new issue, but it is potentially
making something we already know is bad even worse.
> What would be downside of having a mutex for a list of proc superblocks?
> A mutex that is taken for both reading and writing the list.
That's what the original patch actually was, and I was hoping we could
avoid that thing.
An rwsem would be possibly better, since most cases by far are likely
about reading.
And yes, I'm very aware of the task_list_lock, but it's literally why
I don't want to make a new one.
I'm _hoping_ we can some day come up with something better than task_list_lock.
Linus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-02-13 0:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 85+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-02-10 15:05 [PATCH v8 00/11] proc: modernize proc to support multiple private instances Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 15:05 ` [PATCH v8 01/11] proc: Rename struct proc_fs_info to proc_fs_opts Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 15:05 ` [PATCH v8 02/11] proc: add proc_fs_info struct to store proc information Alexey Gladkov
[not found] ` <20200210150519.538333-1-gladkov.alexey-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2020-02-10 15:05 ` [PATCH v8 03/11] proc: move /proc/{self|thread-self} dentries to proc_fs_info Alexey Gladkov
[not found] ` <20200210150519.538333-4-gladkov.alexey-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2020-02-10 18:23 ` Andy Lutomirski
[not found] ` <CALCETrWGpRr86tVKJU-sEMcg+x0Yzp+TbiBhrAc71RaO8=DYGQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2020-02-12 15:00 ` Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 15:05 ` [PATCH v8 04/11] proc: move hide_pid, pid_gid from pid_namespace " Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 15:05 ` [PATCH v8 06/11] proc: support mounting procfs instances inside same pid namespace Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 15:05 ` [PATCH v8 05/11] proc: add helpers to set and get proc hidepid and gid mount options Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 18:30 ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-02-12 14:57 ` Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 15:05 ` [PATCH v8 07/11] proc: flush task dcache entries from all procfs instances Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 17:46 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-02-10 19:23 ` Al Viro
2020-02-11 1:36 ` Eric W. Biederman
[not found] ` <87v9odlxbr.fsf-JOvCrm2gF+uungPnsOpG7nhyD016LWXt@public.gmane.org>
2020-02-11 4:01 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-12 14:49 ` Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-12 14:59 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-12 17:08 ` Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-12 18:45 ` Linus Torvalds
[not found] ` <CAHk-=wg52stFtUxMOxs3afkwDWmWn1JXC7RJ7dPsTrJbnxpZVg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2020-02-12 19:16 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-12 19:49 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-02-12 20:03 ` Al Viro
2020-02-12 20:35 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-02-12 20:38 ` Al Viro
2020-02-12 20:41 ` Al Viro
[not found] ` <20200212204124.GR23230-3bDd1+5oDREiFSDQTTA3OLVCufUGDwFn@public.gmane.org>
2020-02-12 21:02 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-02-12 21:46 ` Eric W. Biederman
[not found] ` <87lfp7h422.fsf-JOvCrm2gF+uungPnsOpG7nhyD016LWXt@public.gmane.org>
2020-02-13 0:48 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2020-02-13 4:37 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-13 5:55 ` Al Viro
2020-02-13 21:30 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-02-13 22:23 ` Al Viro
2020-02-13 22:47 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-02-14 14:15 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-14 3:48 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-20 20:46 ` [PATCH 0/7] proc: Dentry flushing without proc_mnt Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-20 20:47 ` [PATCH 1/7] proc: Rename in proc_inode rename sysctl_inodes sibling_inodes Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-20 20:48 ` [PATCH 2/7] proc: Generalize proc_sys_prune_dcache into proc_prune_siblings_dcache Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-20 20:49 ` [PATCH 3/7] proc: Mov rcu_read_(lock|unlock) in proc_prune_siblings_dcache Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-20 22:33 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-02-20 20:49 ` [PATCH 4/7] proc: Use d_invalidate " Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-20 22:43 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-02-20 22:54 ` Al Viro
2020-02-20 23:00 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-02-20 23:03 ` Al Viro
2020-02-20 23:39 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-20 20:51 ` [PATCH 5/7] proc: Clear the pieces of proc_inode that proc_evict_inode cares about Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-20 20:52 ` [PATCH 6/7] proc: Use a list of inodes to flush from proc Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-20 20:52 ` [PATCH 7/7] proc: Ensure we see the exit of each process tid exactly once Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-21 16:50 ` Oleg Nesterov
2020-02-22 15:46 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-20 23:02 ` [PATCH 0/7] proc: Dentry flushing without proc_mnt Linus Torvalds
2020-02-20 23:07 ` Al Viro
2020-02-20 23:37 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-24 16:25 ` [PATCH v2 0/6] " Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-24 16:26 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] proc: Rename in proc_inode rename sysctl_inodes sibling_inodes Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-24 16:27 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] proc: Generalize proc_sys_prune_dcache into proc_prune_siblings_dcache Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-24 16:27 ` [PATCH v2 3/6] proc: In proc_prune_siblings_dcache cache an aquired super block Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-24 16:28 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] proc: Use d_invalidate in proc_prune_siblings_dcache Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-24 16:28 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] proc: Clear the pieces of proc_inode that proc_evict_inode cares about Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-24 16:29 ` [PATCH v2 6/6] proc: Use a list of inodes to flush from proc Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-28 20:17 ` [PATCH 0/3] proc: Actually honor the mount options Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-28 20:18 ` [PATCH 1/3] uml: Don't consult current to find the proc_mnt in mconsole_proc Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-28 20:18 ` [PATCH 2/3] uml: Create a private mount of proc for mconsole Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-28 20:30 ` Christian Brauner
2020-02-28 21:28 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-28 21:59 ` Christian Brauner
2020-02-28 20:19 ` [PATCH 3/3] proc: Remove the now unnecessary internal mount of proc Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-28 20:39 ` Christian Brauner
2020-02-28 21:40 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-28 22:34 ` [PATCH 4/3] pid: Improve the comment about waiting in zap_pid_ns_processes Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-29 2:59 ` Christian Brauner
2020-02-14 3:49 ` [PATCH v8 07/11] proc: flush task dcache entries from all procfs instances Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-12 19:47 ` Al Viro
2020-02-11 22:45 ` Al Viro
2020-02-12 14:26 ` Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 15:05 ` [PATCH v8 08/11] proc: instantiate only pids that we can ptrace on 'hidepid=4' mount option Alexey Gladkov
[not found] ` <20200210150519.538333-9-gladkov.alexey-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2020-02-10 16:29 ` Jordan Glover
2020-02-12 14:34 ` Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 15:05 ` [PATCH v8 09/11] proc: add option to mount only a pids subset Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 15:05 ` [PATCH v8 10/11] docs: proc: add documentation for "hidepid=4" and "subset=pidfs" options and new mount behavior Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 18:29 ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-02-12 16:03 ` Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 15:05 ` [PATCH v8 11/11] proc: Move hidepid values to uapi as they are user interface to mount Alexey Gladkov
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