mm: optimize page_lock_anon_vma() fast-path
authorPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Wed, 25 May 2011 00:12:13 +0000 (17:12 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Wed, 25 May 2011 15:39:20 +0000 (08:39 -0700)
Optimize the page_lock_anon_vma() fast path to be one atomic op, instead
of two.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>
Cc: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
mm/rmap.c

index ce29d40..3a39b51 100644 (file)
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -86,6 +86,29 @@ static inline struct anon_vma *anon_vma_alloc(void)
 static inline void anon_vma_free(struct anon_vma *anon_vma)
 {
        VM_BUG_ON(atomic_read(&anon_vma->refcount));
+
+       /*
+        * Synchronize against page_lock_anon_vma() such that
+        * we can safely hold the lock without the anon_vma getting
+        * freed.
+        *
+        * Relies on the full mb implied by the atomic_dec_and_test() from
+        * put_anon_vma() against the acquire barrier implied by
+        * mutex_trylock() from page_lock_anon_vma(). This orders:
+        *
+        * page_lock_anon_vma()         VS      put_anon_vma()
+        *   mutex_trylock()                      atomic_dec_and_test()
+        *   LOCK                                 MB
+        *   atomic_read()                        mutex_is_locked()
+        *
+        * LOCK should suffice since the actual taking of the lock must
+        * happen _before_ what follows.
+        */
+       if (mutex_is_locked(&anon_vma->root->mutex)) {
+               anon_vma_lock(anon_vma);
+               anon_vma_unlock(anon_vma);
+       }
+
        kmem_cache_free(anon_vma_cachep, anon_vma);
 }
 
@@ -372,20 +395,75 @@ out:
        return anon_vma;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Similar to page_get_anon_vma() except it locks the anon_vma.
+ *
+ * Its a little more complex as it tries to keep the fast path to a single
+ * atomic op -- the trylock. If we fail the trylock, we fall back to getting a
+ * reference like with page_get_anon_vma() and then block on the mutex.
+ */
 struct anon_vma *page_lock_anon_vma(struct page *page)
 {
-       struct anon_vma *anon_vma = page_get_anon_vma(page);
+       struct anon_vma *anon_vma = NULL;
+       unsigned long anon_mapping;
 
-       if (anon_vma)
-               anon_vma_lock(anon_vma);
+       rcu_read_lock();
+       anon_mapping = (unsigned long) ACCESS_ONCE(page->mapping);
+       if ((anon_mapping & PAGE_MAPPING_FLAGS) != PAGE_MAPPING_ANON)
+               goto out;
+       if (!page_mapped(page))
+               goto out;
+
+       anon_vma = (struct anon_vma *) (anon_mapping - PAGE_MAPPING_ANON);
+       if (mutex_trylock(&anon_vma->root->mutex)) {
+               /*
+                * If we observe a !0 refcount, then holding the lock ensures
+                * the anon_vma will not go away, see __put_anon_vma().
+                */
+               if (!atomic_read(&anon_vma->refcount)) {
+                       anon_vma_unlock(anon_vma);
+                       anon_vma = NULL;
+               }
+               goto out;
+       }
+
+       /* trylock failed, we got to sleep */
+       if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&anon_vma->refcount)) {
+               anon_vma = NULL;
+               goto out;
+       }
 
+       if (!page_mapped(page)) {
+               put_anon_vma(anon_vma);
+               anon_vma = NULL;
+               goto out;
+       }
+
+       /* we pinned the anon_vma, its safe to sleep */
+       rcu_read_unlock();
+       anon_vma_lock(anon_vma);
+
+       if (atomic_dec_and_test(&anon_vma->refcount)) {
+               /*
+                * Oops, we held the last refcount, release the lock
+                * and bail -- can't simply use put_anon_vma() because
+                * we'll deadlock on the anon_vma_lock() recursion.
+                */
+               anon_vma_unlock(anon_vma);
+               __put_anon_vma(anon_vma);
+               anon_vma = NULL;
+       }
+
+       return anon_vma;
+
+out:
+       rcu_read_unlock();
        return anon_vma;
 }
 
 void page_unlock_anon_vma(struct anon_vma *anon_vma)
 {
        anon_vma_unlock(anon_vma);
-       put_anon_vma(anon_vma);
 }
 
 /*