mm: remove zap_page_range and create zap_vma_pages
authorMike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>
Wed, 4 Jan 2023 00:27:32 +0000 (16:27 -0800)
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Thu, 19 Jan 2023 01:12:55 +0000 (17:12 -0800)
commite9adcfecf572fcfaa9f8525904cf49c709974f73
treea80baa77042b0cafac34b8953541966b60794b6f
parentbbc61844b4645d54c147a82654ac974bb7be85de
mm: remove zap_page_range and create zap_vma_pages

zap_page_range was originally designed to unmap pages within an address
range that could span multiple vmas.  While working on [1], it was
discovered that all callers of zap_page_range pass a range entirely within
a single vma.  In addition, the mmu notification call within zap_page
range does not correctly handle ranges that span multiple vmas.  When
crossing a vma boundary, a new mmu_notifier_range_init/end call pair with
the new vma should be made.

Instead of fixing zap_page_range, do the following:
- Create a new routine zap_vma_pages() that will remove all pages within
  the passed vma.  Most users of zap_page_range pass the entire vma and
  can use this new routine.
- For callers of zap_page_range not passing the entire vma, instead call
  zap_page_range_single().
- Remove zap_page_range.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20221114235507.294320-2-mike.kravetz@oracle.com/
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230104002732.232573-1-mike.kravetz@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>
Suggested-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Acked-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com> [s390]
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@gmail.com>
Cc: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
13 files changed:
arch/arm64/kernel/vdso.c
arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c
arch/powerpc/platforms/book3s/vas-api.c
arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/vas.c
arch/riscv/kernel/vdso.c
arch/s390/kernel/vdso.c
arch/s390/mm/gmap.c
arch/x86/entry/vdso/vma.c
drivers/android/binder_alloc.c
include/linux/mm.h
mm/memory.c
mm/page-writeback.c
net/ipv4/tcp.c