From 3013bf62b67aef921bc2e9ba10e639a022002d02 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Minchan Kim Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 17:11:45 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] binder: reduce mmap_sem write-side lock MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit binder has used write-side mmap_sem semaphore to release memory mapped at address space of the process. However, right lock to release pages is down_read, not down_write because page table lock already protects the race for parallel freeing. Please do not use mmap_sem write-side lock which is well known contented lock. Cc: Todd Kjos Cc: Martijn Coenen Cc: Arve Hjønnevåg Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/android/binder_alloc.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c b/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c index 000dd4d..6389467 100644 --- a/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c +++ b/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c @@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ enum lru_status binder_alloc_free_page(struct list_head *item, if (!mmget_not_zero(alloc->vma_vm_mm)) goto err_mmget; mm = alloc->vma_vm_mm; - if (!down_write_trylock(&mm->mmap_sem)) + if (!down_read_trylock(&mm->mmap_sem)) goto err_down_write_mmap_sem_failed; } @@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ enum lru_status binder_alloc_free_page(struct list_head *item, trace_binder_unmap_user_end(alloc, index); - up_write(&mm->mmap_sem); + up_read(&mm->mmap_sem); mmput(mm); } -- 2.7.4