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From: "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>
To: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>,
	Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>,
	David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>, Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>,
	Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>, Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>, Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@suse.de>,
	Chris Li <chriscli@google.com>,
	Barry Song <v-songbaohua@oppo.com>,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 6/8] mm/mmap_lock: add vma_is_attached() helper
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 13:56:07 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <aps74d2c2jkyrwstifkaf2etqjdvzskm7sn3a3kvy6mdp4egfn@q54mbprw4o23> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <38f916c87fb873ba8866707d51f5da8ba10c5de9.1767711638.git.lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>

* Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> [260106 10:04]:
> This makes it easy to explicitly check for VMA detachment, which is useful
> for things like asserts.
> 
> Note that we intentionally do not allow this function to be available
> should CONFIG_PER_VMA_LOCK be set - this is because vma_assert_attached()
> and vma_assert_detached() are no-ops if !CONFIG_PER_VMA_LOCK, so there is
> no correct state for vma_is_attached() to be in if this configuration
> option is not specified.
> 
> Therefore users elsewhere must invoke this function only after checking for
> CONFIG_PER_VMA_LOCK.
> 
> We rework the assert functions to utilise this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
> Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>

Reviewed-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>

> ---
>  include/linux/mmap_lock.h | 9 +++++++--
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/mmap_lock.h b/include/linux/mmap_lock.h
> index d53f72dba7fe..b50416fbba20 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mmap_lock.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mmap_lock.h
> @@ -251,6 +251,11 @@ static inline void vma_assert_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>  		      !__is_vma_write_locked(vma, &mm_lock_seq), vma);
>  }
>  
> +static inline bool vma_is_attached(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> +{
> +	return refcount_read(&vma->vm_refcnt);
> +}
> +
>  /*
>   * WARNING: to avoid racing with vma_mark_attached()/vma_mark_detached(), these
>   * assertions should be made either under mmap_write_lock or when the object
> @@ -258,12 +263,12 @@ static inline void vma_assert_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>   */
>  static inline void vma_assert_attached(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>  {
> -	WARN_ON_ONCE(!refcount_read(&vma->vm_refcnt));
> +	WARN_ON_ONCE(!vma_is_attached(vma));
>  }
>  
>  static inline void vma_assert_detached(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>  {
> -	WARN_ON_ONCE(refcount_read(&vma->vm_refcnt));
> +	WARN_ON_ONCE(vma_is_attached(vma));
>  }
>  
>  static inline void vma_mark_attached(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> -- 
> 2.52.0
> 


  reply	other threads:[~2026-01-06 18:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-01-06 15:04 [PATCH v2 0/8] mm: clean up anon_vma implementation Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-06 15:04 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] mm/rmap: improve anon_vma_clone(), unlink_anon_vmas() comments, add asserts Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-06 15:04 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] mm/rmap: skip unfaulted VMAs on anon_vma clone, unlink Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-06 18:34   ` Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-06 15:04 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] mm/rmap: remove unnecessary root lock dance in anon_vma clone, unmap Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-06 18:42   ` Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-06 15:04 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] mm/rmap: remove anon_vma_merge() function Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-06 18:42   ` Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-06 15:04 ` [PATCH v2 5/8] mm/rmap: make anon_vma functions internal Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-06 18:54   ` Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-06 15:04 ` [PATCH v2 6/8] mm/mmap_lock: add vma_is_attached() helper Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-06 18:56   ` Liam R. Howlett [this message]
2026-01-06 15:04 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] mm/rmap: allocate anon_vma_chain objects unlocked when possible Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-06 19:02   ` Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-08 18:51   ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-06 15:04 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] mm/rmap: separate out fork-only logic on anon_vma_clone() Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-06 19:27   ` Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-08 17:58     ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-08 18:52   ` Lorenzo Stoakes

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