Re: [PATCH v3 tip/perf/core 1/4] mm: introduce mmap_lock_speculation_{start|end}

[Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>]

On Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 1:27 PM Andrii Nakryiko
<andrii.nakryiko@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sun, Oct 13, 2024 at 12:56 AM Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 01:56:41PM GMT, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
> > > From: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
> > >
> > > Add helper functions to speculatively perform operations without
> > > read-locking mmap_lock, expecting that mmap_lock will not be
> > > write-locked and mm is not modified from under us.
> > >
> > > Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
> > > Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
> > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20240912210222.186542-1-surenb@google.com
> >
> > Looks good to me. mmap_lock_speculation_* functions could use kerneldoc
> > but that can be added later.
>
> Yep, though probably best if Suren can do that in the follow up, as he
> knows all the right words to use :)

Will add to my TODO list.

>
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>
> >
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> Thanks!
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> >