Re: [PATCH 00/21] mm: Add vma_lookup()

Laurent Dufour
2021-05-17T17:31:21Z

Le 10/05/2021 à 18:58, Liam Howlett a écrit :
> Many places in the kernel use find_vma() to get a vma and then check the
> start address of the vma to ensure the next vma was not returned.
>
> Other places use the find_vma_intersection() call with add, addr + 1 as
> the range; looking for just the vma at a specific address.
>
> The third use of find_vma() is by developers who do not know that the
> function starts searching at the provided address upwards for the next
> vma. This results in a bug that is often overlooked for a long time.
>
> Adding the new vma_lookup() function will allow for cleaner code by
> removing the find_vma() calls which check limits, making
> find_vma_intersection() calls of a single address to be shorter, and
> potentially reduce the incorrect uses of find_vma().
>
> This patch set was originally part of the maple tree patch set.

FWIW, for the whole series:

Reviewed-by: Laurent Dufour <ldufour@linux.ibm.com>

> Changes since being broken out on its own:
> - Changed initial implementation of vma_lookup() to use find_vma() as requested
> by Michel Lespinasse.
> - Updated commit comments to be more descriptive
>
> These patches are based on next-20210506
>
> Liam R. Howlett (22):
> mm: Add vma_lookup()
> drm/i915/selftests: Use vma_lookup() in __igt_mmap()
> arch/arc/kernel/troubleshoot: use vma_lookup() instead of find_vma()
> arch/arm64/kvm: Use vma_lookup() instead of find_vma_intersection()
> arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_uvmem: Use vma_lookup() instead of
> find_vma_intersection()
> arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s: Use vma_lookup() in
> kvmppc_hv_setup_htab_rma()
> arch/mips/kernel/traps: Use vma_lookup() instead of find_vma()
> arch/m68k/kernel/sys_m68k: Use vma_lookup() in sys_cacheflush()
> x86/sgx: Use vma_lookup() in sgx_encl_find()
> virt/kvm: Use vma_lookup() instead of find_vma_intersection()
> vfio: Use vma_lookup() instead of find_vma_intersection()
> net/ipv5/tcp: Use vma_lookup() in tcp_zerocopy_receive()
> drm/amdgpu: Use vma_lookup() in amdgpu_ttm_tt_get_user_pages()
> media: videobuf2: Use vma_lookup() in get_vaddr_frames()
> misc/sgi-gru/grufault: Use vma_lookup() in gru_find_vma()
> kernel/events/uprobes: Use vma_lookup() in find_active_uprobe()
> lib/test_hmm: Use vma_lookup() in dmirror_migrate()
> mm/ksm: Use vma_lookup() in find_mergeable_vma()
> mm/migrate: Use vma_lookup() in do_pages_stat_array()
> mm/mremap: Use vma_lookup() in vma_to_resize()
> mm/memory.c: Use vma_lookup() in __access_remote_vm()
> mm/mempolicy: Use vma_lookup() in __access_remote_vm()
>
> arch/arc/kernel/troubleshoot.c | 8 ++++----
> arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c | 2 +-
> arch/m68k/kernel/sys_m68k.c | 4 ++--
> arch/mips/kernel/traps.c | 4 +---
> arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c | 4 ++--
> arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_uvmem.c | 2 +-
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.h | 4 ++--
> drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ttm.c | 4 ++--
> .../gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/i915_gem_mman.c | 2 +-
> drivers/media/common/videobuf2/frame_vector.c | 2 +-
> drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grufault.c | 4 ++--
> drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c | 2 +-
> include/linux/mm.h | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
> kernel/events/uprobes.c | 4 ++--
> lib/test_hmm.c | 5 ++---
> mm/ksm.c | 6 ++----
> mm/memory.c | 4 ++--
> mm/mempolicy.c | 2 +-
> mm/migrate.c | 4 ++--
> mm/mremap.c | 4 ++--
> net/ipv4/tcp.c | 4 ++--
> virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 2 +-
> 22 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
>