mmap locking API: initial implementation as rwsem wrappers
authorMichel Lespinasse <walken@google.com>
Tue, 9 Jun 2020 04:33:14 +0000 (21:33 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 9 Jun 2020 16:39:14 +0000 (09:39 -0700)
commit9740ca4e95b43b91a4a848694a20d01ba6818f7b
tree8253162576ba315aa7a30c10b6a61d9f263e8fdd
parent974b9b2c68f3d35a65e80af9657fe378d2439b60
mmap locking API: initial implementation as rwsem wrappers

This patch series adds a new mmap locking API replacing the existing
mmap_sem lock and unlocks.  Initially the API is just implemente in terms
of inlined rwsem calls, so it doesn't provide any new functionality.

There are two justifications for the new API:

- At first, it provides an easy hooking point to instrument mmap_sem
  locking latencies independently of any other rwsems.

- In the future, it may be a starting point for replacing the rwsem
  implementation with a different one, such as range locks.  This is
  something that is being explored, even though there is no wide concensus
  about this possible direction yet.  (see
  https://patchwork.kernel.org/cover/11401483/)

This patch (of 12):

This change wraps the existing mmap_sem related rwsem calls into a new
mmap locking API.  There are two justifications for the new API:

- At first, it provides an easy hooking point to instrument mmap_sem
  locking latencies independently of any other rwsems.

- In the future, it may be a starting point for replacing the rwsem
  implementation with a different one, such as range locks.

Signed-off-by: Michel Lespinasse <walken@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Jordan <daniel.m.jordan@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Laurent Dufour <ldufour@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Liam Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>
Cc: Jerome Glisse <jglisse@redhat.com>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Cc: Ying Han <yinghan@google.com>
Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>
Cc: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>
Cc: Michel Lespinasse <walken@google.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200520052908.204642-1-walken@google.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200520052908.204642-2-walken@google.com
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
include/linux/mm.h
include/linux/mmap_lock.h [new file with mode: 0644]