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author | Wei Yang <richardw.yang@linux.intel.com> | 2019-11-30 17:50:56 -0800 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2019-12-01 06:29:19 -0800 |
commit | 47b390d23bf81894395c8773acf6f73c66465dc4 (patch) | |
tree | 40d7190a134cabb8c87ce679fd72271f45be9955 /mm/rmap.c | |
parent | aba6dfb75fe15650991442efd137c32fbf2e2b85 (diff) | |
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mm/rmap.c: don't reuse anon_vma if we just want a copy
Before commit 7a3ef208e662 ("mm: prevent endless growth of anon_vma
hierarchy"), anon_vma_clone() doesn't change dst->anon_vma. While after
this commit, anon_vma_clone() will try to reuse an exist one on forking.
But this commit go a little bit further for the case not forking.
anon_vma_clone() is called from __vma_split(), __split_vma(), copy_vma()
and anon_vma_fork(). For the first three places, the purpose here is
get a copy of src and we don't expect to touch dst->anon_vma even it is
NULL.
While after that commit, it is possible to reuse an anon_vma when
dst->anon_vma is NULL. This is not we intend to have.
This patch stops reuse of anon_vma for non-fork cases.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191011072256.16275-1-richardw.yang@linux.intel.com
Fixes: 7a3ef208e662 ("mm: prevent endless growth of anon_vma hierarchy")
Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richardw.yang@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@yandex-team.ru>
Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Cc: "Jérôme Glisse" <jglisse@redhat.com>
Cc: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
Cc: Qian Cai <cai@lca.pw>
Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/rmap.c')
-rw-r--r-- | mm/rmap.c | 24 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c index 0c7b2a9400d4..ca254f5e4337 100644 --- a/mm/rmap.c +++ b/mm/rmap.c @@ -251,13 +251,19 @@ static inline void unlock_anon_vma_root(struct anon_vma *root) * Attach the anon_vmas from src to dst. * Returns 0 on success, -ENOMEM on failure. * - * If dst->anon_vma is NULL this function tries to find and reuse existing - * anon_vma which has no vmas and only one child anon_vma. This prevents - * degradation of anon_vma hierarchy to endless linear chain in case of - * constantly forking task. On the other hand, an anon_vma with more than one - * child isn't reused even if there was no alive vma, thus rmap walker has a - * good chance of avoiding scanning the whole hierarchy when it searches where - * page is mapped. + * anon_vma_clone() is called by __vma_split(), __split_vma(), copy_vma() and + * anon_vma_fork(). The first three want an exact copy of src, while the last + * one, anon_vma_fork(), may try to reuse an existing anon_vma to prevent + * endless growth of anon_vma. Since dst->anon_vma is set to NULL before call, + * we can identify this case by checking (!dst->anon_vma && src->anon_vma). + * + * If (!dst->anon_vma && src->anon_vma) is true, this function tries to find + * and reuse existing anon_vma which has no vmas and only one child anon_vma. + * This prevents degradation of anon_vma hierarchy to endless linear chain in + * case of constantly forking task. On the other hand, an anon_vma with more + * than one child isn't reused even if there was no alive vma, thus rmap + * walker has a good chance of avoiding scanning the whole hierarchy when it + * searches where page is mapped. */ int anon_vma_clone(struct vm_area_struct *dst, struct vm_area_struct *src) { @@ -287,8 +293,8 @@ int anon_vma_clone(struct vm_area_struct *dst, struct vm_area_struct *src) * will always reuse it. Root anon_vma is never reused: * it has self-parent reference and at least one child. */ - if (!dst->anon_vma && anon_vma != src->anon_vma && - anon_vma->degree < 2) + if (!dst->anon_vma && src->anon_vma && + anon_vma != src->anon_vma && anon_vma->degree < 2) dst->anon_vma = anon_vma; } if (dst->anon_vma) |