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@kernel.org, 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 v4 4/5] binder: Remove mmap_lock fallback
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2026 13:05:47 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260806200548.3124802-5-surenb@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260806200548.3124802-1-surenb@google.com>
From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Previously, the per-VMA locking could fail in the face of writers
which necessitate a fallback to mmap_lock. The new
vma_start_read_unlocked() will wait for writers instead of failing.
Use the new helper. Wait for writers. Remove the fallback to mmap_lock.
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Acked-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
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/page_range.rs | 19 +++----------------
drivers/android/binder_alloc.c | 17 +++++------------
rust/kernel/mm.rs | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/android/binder/page_range.rs b/drivers/android/binder/page_range.rs
index e82a5523804f..f7ad88a0d806 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder/page_range.rs
+++ b/drivers/android/binder/page_range.rs
@@ -439,22 +439,9 @@ unsafe fn use_page_slow(&self, i: usize) -> Result<()> {
// workqueue.
let mm = MmWithUser::into_mmput_async(self.mm.mmget_not_zero().ok_or(ESRCH)?);
{
- let vma_read;
- let mmap_read;
- let vma = if let Some(ret) = mm.lock_vma_under_rcu(vma_addr) {
- vma_read = ret;
- check_vma(&vma_read, self)
- } else {
- mmap_read = mm.mmap_read_lock();
- mmap_read
- .vma_lookup(vma_addr)
- .and_then(|vma| check_vma(vma, self))
- };
-
- match vma {
- Some(vma) => vma.vm_insert_page(user_page_addr, &new_page)?,
- None => return Err(ESRCH),
- }
+ let vma_read_guard = mm.vma_start_read_unlocked(vma_addr).ok_or(ESRCH)?;
+ let vma = check_vma(&vma_read_guard, self).ok_or(ESRCH)?;
+ vma.vm_insert_page(user_page_addr, &new_page)?;
}
let inner = self.lock.lock();
diff --git a/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c b/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c
index c13a588c37de..efa23f6b8360 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c
+++ b/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c
@@ -259,21 +259,14 @@ static int binder_page_insert(struct binder_alloc *alloc,
struct vm_area_struct *vma;
int ret = -ESRCH;
- /* attempt per-vma lock first */
- vma = lock_vma_under_rcu(mm, addr);
- if (vma) {
- if (binder_alloc_is_mapped(alloc))
- ret = vm_insert_page(vma, addr, page);
- vma_end_read(vma);
+ vma = vma_start_read_unlocked(mm, addr);
+ if (!vma)
return ret;
- }
- /* fall back to mmap_lock */
- mmap_read_lock(mm);
- vma = vma_lookup(mm, addr);
- if (vma && binder_alloc_is_mapped(alloc))
+ if (binder_alloc_is_mapped(alloc))
ret = vm_insert_page(vma, addr, page);
- mmap_read_unlock(mm);
+
+ vma_end_read(vma);
return ret;
}
diff --git a/rust/kernel/mm.rs b/rust/kernel/mm.rs
index f4fa54616085..11466fb304df 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/mm.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/mm.rs
@@ -186,6 +186,33 @@ pub fn lock_vma_under_rcu(&self, vma_addr: usize) -> Option<VmaReadGuard<'_>> {
})
}
+ /// Find the VMA covering 'address' and read-lock it.
+ ///
+ /// The fast path does not take mmap_lock. Waits for writers to finish if the
+ /// VMA is being modified by taking mmap_lock.
+ /// Use when mmap_lock is not held, otherwise use vma_start_read_locked().
+ /// Nothing prevents VMAs being unmapped/mapped before or after the VMA is
+ /// looked up, if a stronger guarantee is required, take an mmap_lock.
+ ///
+ /// Return: If a VMA exists which spans @address, return that VMA, read-locked.
+ /// If no VMA is mapped there or, very unlikely, a reference count overflow
+ /// occurred, return NULL.
+ #[inline]
+ pub fn vma_start_read_unlocked(&self, vma_addr: usize) -> Option<VmaReadGuard<'_>> {
+ // SAFETY: We may invoke `vma_start_read_unlocked` because we know this `mm` has non-zero
+ // `mm_users`.
+ let vma = unsafe { bindings::vma_start_read_unlocked(self.as_raw(), vma_addr) };
+ if vma.is_null() {
+ return None;
+ }
+ Some(VmaReadGuard {
+ // SAFETY: If `vma_start_read_unlocked` returns a non-null ptr, then it points at a
+ // valid vma. The vma is stable for as long as the vma read lock is held.
+ vma: unsafe { VmaRef::from_raw(vma) },
+ _nts: NotThreadSafe,
+ })
+ }
+
/// Lock the mmap read lock.
#[inline]
pub fn mmap_read_lock(&self) -> MmapReadGuard<'_> {
--
2.55.0.654.g21b8a5bc05-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-06 20:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-06 20:05 [PATCH v4 0/5] mm: Unconditional per-VMA locks and cleanups Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-08-06 20:05 ` [PATCH v4 1/5] mm: Make per-VMA locks available universally Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-08-07 15:37 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-08-08 1:12 ` Matthew Wilcox
2026-08-08 6:08 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-08-06 20:05 ` [PATCH v4 2/5] binder: Make shrinker rely solely on per-VMA lock Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-08-07 14:26 ` Alice Ryhl
2026-08-06 20:05 ` [PATCH v4 3/5] mm: Add RCU-based VMA lookup helper that waits for writers Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-08-07 15:39 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-08-06 20:05 ` Suren Baghdasaryan [this message]
2026-08-06 20:05 ` [PATCH v4 5/5] tcp: Remove mmap_lock fallback path Suren Baghdasaryan
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