From: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
"Liam R . Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>, Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>,
Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>,
Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-rt-devel@lists.linux.dev,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>,
Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>,
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>,
Clark Williams <clrkwllms@kernel.org>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Subject: [PATCH v4 09/10] mm/vma: update vma_assert_locked() to use lockdep
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 20:12:19 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <538762f079cc4fa76ff8bf30a8a9525a09961451.1769198904.git.lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1769198904.git.lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
We can use lockdep to avoid unnecessary work here, otherwise update the
code to logically evaluate all pertinent cases and share code with
vma_assert_write_locked().
Make it clear here that we treat the VMA being detached at this point as a
bug, this was only implicit before.
Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
---
include/linux/mmap_lock.h | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/mmap_lock.h b/include/linux/mmap_lock.h
index 23bde4bd5a85..4a0aafc66c5d 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmap_lock.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmap_lock.h
@@ -322,19 +322,56 @@ int vma_start_write_killable(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
return __vma_start_write(vma, __vma_raw_mm_seqnum(vma), TASK_KILLABLE);
}
+/**
+ * vma_assert_write_locked() - assert that @vma holds a VMA write lock.
+ * @vma: The VMA to assert.
+ */
static inline void vma_assert_write_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
{
VM_WARN_ON_ONCE_VMA(!__is_vma_write_locked(vma), vma);
}
+/**
+ * vma_assert_locked() - assert that @vma holds either a VMA read or a VMA write
+ * lock and is not detached.
+ * @vma: The VMA to assert.
+ */
static inline void vma_assert_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
{
+ unsigned int refcnt;
+
+ /*
+ * If read-locked or currently excluding readers, then the VMA is
+ * locked.
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
+ if (lock_is_held(&vma->vmlock_dep_map))
+ return;
+#endif
+
/*
* See the comment describing the vm_area_struct->vm_refcnt field for
* details of possible refcnt values.
*/
- VM_WARN_ON_ONCE_VMA(refcount_read(&vma->vm_refcnt) <= 1 &&
- !__is_vma_write_locked(vma), vma);
+ refcnt = refcount_read(&vma->vm_refcnt);
+
+ /*
+ * In this case we're either read-locked, write-locked with temporary
+ * readers, or in the midst of excluding readers, all of which means
+ * we're locked.
+ */
+ if (refcnt > 1)
+ return;
+
+ /* It is a bug for the VMA to be detached here. */
+ VM_WARN_ON_ONCE_VMA(!refcnt, vma);
+
+ /*
+ * OK, the VMA has a reference count of 1 which means it is either
+ * unlocked and attached or write-locked, so assert that it is
+ * write-locked.
+ */
+ vma_assert_write_locked(vma);
}
static inline bool vma_is_attached(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-23 20:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-23 20:12 [PATCH v4 00/10] mm: add and use vma_assert_stabilised() helper Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-23 20:12 ` [PATCH v4 01/10] mm/vma: rename VMA_LOCK_OFFSET to VM_REFCNT_EXCLUDE_READERS_FLAG Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-30 16:50 ` Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-23 20:12 ` [PATCH v4 02/10] mm/vma: document possible vma->vm_refcnt values and reference comment Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-26 5:15 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-01-26 9:33 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-26 9:40 ` Vlastimil Babka
2026-01-30 17:06 ` Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-23 20:12 ` [PATCH v4 03/10] mm/vma: rename is_vma_write_only(), separate out shared refcount put Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-26 5:36 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-01-26 9:45 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-26 10:12 ` Vlastimil Babka
2026-01-23 20:12 ` [PATCH v4 04/10] mm/vma: add+use vma lockdep acquire/release defines Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-28 11:18 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2026-01-28 11:31 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-28 11:37 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2026-01-28 11:48 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-29 21:30 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-01-23 20:12 ` [PATCH v4 05/10] mm/vma: de-duplicate __vma_enter_locked() error path Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-23 20:12 ` [PATCH v4 06/10] mm/vma: clean up __vma_enter/exit_locked() Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-26 5:47 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-01-26 9:45 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-26 10:25 ` Vlastimil Babka
2026-01-23 20:12 ` [PATCH v4 07/10] mm/vma: introduce helper struct + thread through exclusive lock fns Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-26 11:16 ` Vlastimil Babka
2026-01-26 16:09 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-26 19:38 ` Andrew Morton
2026-01-26 18:15 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-01-23 20:12 ` [PATCH v4 08/10] mm/vma: improve and document __is_vma_write_locked() Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-26 11:30 ` Vlastimil Babka
2026-01-26 16:29 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-26 19:21 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-01-28 11:51 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-28 13:01 ` Vlastimil Babka
2026-01-28 18:52 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-01-26 16:30 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-23 20:12 ` Lorenzo Stoakes [this message]
2026-01-26 13:42 ` [PATCH v4 09/10] mm/vma: update vma_assert_locked() to use lockdep Vlastimil Babka
2026-01-26 16:44 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-26 17:16 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-26 17:37 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-23 20:12 ` [PATCH v4 10/10] mm/vma: add and use vma_assert_stabilised() Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-23 22:48 ` [PATCH v4 00/10] mm: add and use vma_assert_stabilised() helper Andrew Morton
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