From: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@ezchip.com>
To: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>, akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@suse.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] tile/elf: reorganize notify_exec()
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 16:05:50 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5507379E.8000607@ezchip.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1424901517-25069-2-git-send-email-dave@stgolabs.net>
On 2/25/2015 4:58 PM, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
> In the future mm->exe_file will be done without mmap_sem
> serialization, thus isolate and reorganize the tile elf
> code to make the transition easier. Good users will, make
> use of the more standard get_mm_exe_file(), requiring only
> holding the mmap_sem to read the value, and relying on reference
> counting to make sure that the exe file won't dissappear
> underneath us.
>
> The visible effects of this patch are:
>
> o We now take and drop the mmap_sem more often. Instead of
> just in arch_setup_additional_pages(), we also do it in:
>
> 1) get_mm_exe_file()
> 2) to get the mm->vm_file and notify the simulator.
>
> [Note that 1) will disappear once we change the locking
> rules for exe_file.]
>
> o We avoid getting a free page and doing d_path() while
> holding the mmap_sem. This requires reordering the checks.
>
> Cc: Chris Metcalf<cmetcalf@ezchip.com>
> Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso<dbueso@suse.de>
> ---
>
> completely untested.
>
> arch/tile/mm/elf.c | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
> 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
This looks OK to me and passes basic testing. So here is my
Acked-by: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@ezchip.com>
Or would you prefer I took this through the tile tree?
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-03-16 20:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-02-25 21:58 [PATCH -part2 0/3] mm: improve handling of mm->exe_file Davidlohr Bueso
2015-02-25 21:58 ` [PATCH 1/3] tile/elf: reorganize notify_exec() Davidlohr Bueso
2015-03-16 20:05 ` Chris Metcalf [this message]
2015-02-25 21:58 ` [PATCH 2/3] oprofile: reduce mmap_sem hold for mm->exe_file Davidlohr Bueso
2015-02-25 21:58 ` [PATCH 3/3] powerpc/oprofile: reduce mmap_sem hold for exe_file Davidlohr Bueso
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