Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] mm: reduce mmap_lock contention and improve page fault performance

Matthew Wilcox
2026-05-01T16:06:30Z

On Fri, May 01, 2026 at 04:52:12PM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> After a brief eyeball I share Matthew's assessment, I really don't like this
> series, it's piling on complexity for what seem like niche cases.

I don't think they're niche cases ... I think it's a real problem.
While our current code performs better for this workload than the
pre-vma-lock code did, it doesn't perform as well as it could.

> We already have enough weirdness in fault code honestly.
>
> Let's maybe discuss at LSF if you're attending?

Not only is he attending, there's a topic scheduled (currently 10:30 on
Wednesday).