mm: vmalloc: convert vread() to vread_iter()
authorLorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@gmail.com>
Wed, 22 Mar 2023 18:57:04 +0000 (18:57 +0000)
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Thu, 6 Apr 2023 02:42:57 +0000 (19:42 -0700)
commit4c91c07c93bbbdd7f2d9de2beb7ee5c2a48ad8e7
tree6f4d9e58c53e2838c61f4223929b8aba637bc89c
parent4f80818b4a58c9458dce0df7cce9abe107da445e
mm: vmalloc: convert vread() to vread_iter()

Having previously laid the foundation for converting vread() to an
iterator function, pull the trigger and do so.

This patch attempts to provide minimal refactoring and to reflect the
existing logic as best we can, for example we continue to zero portions of
memory not read, as before.

Overall, there should be no functional difference other than a performance
improvement in /proc/kcore access to vmalloc regions.

Now we have eliminated the need for a bounce buffer in read_kcore_iter(),
we dispense with it, and try to write to user memory optimistically but
with faults disabled via copy_page_to_iter_nofault().  We already have
preemption disabled by holding a spin lock.  We continue faulting in until
the operation is complete.

Additionally, we must account for the fact that at any point a copy may
fail (most likely due to a fault not being able to occur), we exit
indicating fewer bytes retrieved than expected.

[sfr@canb.auug.org.au: fix sparc64 warning]
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230320144721.663280c3@canb.auug.org.au
[lstoakes@gmail.com: redo Stephen's sparc build fix]
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/8506cbc667c39205e65a323f750ff9c11a463798.1679566220.git.lstoakes@gmail.com
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: unbreak uio.h includes]
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/941f88bc5ab928e6656e1e2593b91bf0f8c81e1b.1679511146.git.lstoakes@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Reviewed-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Liu Shixin <liushixin2@huawei.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
fs/proc/kcore.c
include/linux/vmalloc.h
mm/nommu.c
mm/vmalloc.c