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From: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, Liam.Howlett@oracle.com,
	ljs@kernel.org,  david@redhat.com, willy@infradead.org,
	shakeel.butt@linux.dev,  vbabka@kernel.org, jannh@google.com,
	aliceryhl@google.com, arve@android.com,  cmllamas@google.com,
	christian@brauner.io, tkjos@android.com,  dsahern@kernel.org,
	davem@davemloft.net, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org,
	 linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org,  surenb@google.com
Subject: [PATCH v3 2/5] binder: Make shrinker rely solely on per-VMA lock
Date: Sun,  2 Aug 2026 14:54:56 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260802215459.2769283-3-surenb@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260802215459.2769283-1-surenb@google.com>

From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>

tl;dr: lock_vma_under_rcu() is already a trylock. No need to do both
it and mmap_read_trylock().

Long Version:

== Background ==

Historically, binder used an mmap_read_trylock() in its shrinker code.
This ensures that reclaim is not blocked on an mmap_lock. Commit
95bc2d4a9020 ("binder: use per-vma lock in page reclaiming") added
support for the per-VMA lock, but left mmap_read_trylock() as a
fallback.

This was presumably because the per-VMA locking can fail for several
reasons and most (all?) lock_vma_under_rcu() callers have a fallback
to mmap_read_trylock().

== Problem ==

The fallback is not worth the complexity here. lock_vma_under_rcu() is
essentially already a non-blocking trylock. The main reason it fails
is also the reason mmap_read_trylock() fails: something is holding
mmap_write_lock().

The only remedy for a collision with mmap_write_lock() is to wait,
which this code can not do. So the "fallback" after
lock_vma_under_rcu() failure is not really a fallback: it is really
likely to just be retrying in vain. That retry in an of itself isn't
horrible. But it adds complexity.

== Solution ==

Now that per-VMA locks are universally available, lock_vma_under_rcu()
will not persistently fail. Rely on it alone and simplify the code.

Full disclosure: I originally tried to do this with
lock_vma_under_rcu_wait(), but it did not fit well with the mmap_lock
trylock semantics. Claude caught this in a review and suggested the
approach in this path. It seemed sane to me. So, Suggesed-by: Claude,
I guess.

Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>
Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@android.com>
Cc: Todd Kjos <tkjos@android.com>
Cc: Christian Brauner <christian@brauner.io>
Cc: Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@google.com>
Cc: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
---
 drivers/android/binder_alloc.c | 29 +++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c b/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c
index e4488ad86a65..84104ba04e30 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c
+++ b/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c
@@ -1142,7 +1142,6 @@ enum lru_status binder_alloc_free_page(struct list_head *item,
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
 	struct page *page_to_free;
 	unsigned long page_addr;
-	int mm_locked = 0;
 	size_t index;
 
 	if (!mmget_not_zero(mm))
@@ -1151,14 +1150,20 @@ enum lru_status binder_alloc_free_page(struct list_head *item,
 	index = mdata->page_index;
 	page_addr = alloc->vm_start + index * PAGE_SIZE;
 
-	/* attempt per-vma lock first */
+	/*
+	 * Attempt per-vma lock. This is essentially a
+	 * "trylock". It can fail even if the VMA exists
+	 * for 'page_addr'.
+	 */
 	vma = lock_vma_under_rcu(mm, page_addr);
 	if (!vma) {
-		/* fall back to mmap_lock */
-		if (!mmap_read_trylock(mm))
-			goto err_mmap_read_lock_failed;
-		mm_locked = 1;
-		vma = vma_lookup(mm, page_addr);
+		/*
+		 * If the vma exists, we can't continue because we cannot
+		 * remove the page from the vma. However, if the vma was
+		 * unmapped, it's okay to continue.
+		 */
+		if (binder_alloc_is_mapped(alloc))
+			goto err_vma_lock_failed;
 	}
 
 	if (!mutex_trylock(&alloc->mutex))
@@ -1191,9 +1196,7 @@ enum lru_status binder_alloc_free_page(struct list_head *item,
 	}
 
 	mutex_unlock(&alloc->mutex);
-	if (mm_locked)
-		mmap_read_unlock(mm);
-	else
+	if (vma)
 		vma_end_read(vma);
 	mmput_async(mm);
 	binder_free_page(page_to_free);
@@ -1203,11 +1206,9 @@ enum lru_status binder_alloc_free_page(struct list_head *item,
 err_invalid_vma:
 	mutex_unlock(&alloc->mutex);
 err_get_alloc_mutex_failed:
-	if (mm_locked)
-		mmap_read_unlock(mm);
-	else
+	if (vma)
 		vma_end_read(vma);
-err_mmap_read_lock_failed:
+err_vma_lock_failed:
 	mmput_async(mm);
 err_mmget:
 	return LRU_SKIP;
-- 
2.55.0.508.g3f0d502094-goog



  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-08-02 21:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-02 21:54 [PATCH v3 0/5] mm: Unconditional per-VMA locks and cleanups Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-08-02 21:54 ` [PATCH v3 1/5] mm: Make per-VMA locks available universally Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-08-03 10:49   ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-03 14:01   ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-08-03 17:45     ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-08-03 15:24   ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-08-03 16:08     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-03 17:41       ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-08-03 17:45         ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-08-03 21:12       ` Jann Horn
2026-08-03 19:33   ` Jann Horn
2026-08-03 19:43     ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-08-02 21:54 ` Suren Baghdasaryan [this message]
2026-08-03  9:48   ` [PATCH v3 2/5] binder: Make shrinker rely solely on per-VMA lock Alice Ryhl
2026-08-03 10:50     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-03 11:11       ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-03 11:33         ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-03 18:02       ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-08-03 11:10   ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-03 18:31     ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-08-02 21:54 ` [PATCH v3 3/5] mm: Add RCU-based VMA lookup helper that waits for writers Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-08-03 11:28   ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-03 19:01     ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-08-03 14:55   ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-08-03 15:00     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-03 16:24       ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-08-03 16:43         ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-03 19:13           ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-08-02 21:54 ` [PATCH v3 4/5] binder: Remove mmap_lock fallback Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-08-03 10:34   ` Alice Ryhl
2026-08-03 19:14     ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-08-03 11:33   ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-03 19:16     ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-08-02 21:54 ` [PATCH v3 5/5] tcp: Remove mmap_lock fallback path Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-08-03  2:11 ` [PATCH v3 0/5] mm: Unconditional per-VMA locks and cleanups Barry Song
2026-08-03 17:51   ` Suren Baghdasaryan

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