execute PROCMAP_QUERY ioctl under per-vma lock
From: | Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb-AT-google.com> | |
To: | akpm-AT-linux-foundation.org | |
Subject: | [PATCH 0/3] execute PROCMAP_QUERY ioctl under per-vma lock | |
Date: | Thu, 31 Jul 2025 15:00:21 -0700 | |
Message-ID: | <20250731220024.702621-1-surenb@google.com> | |
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With /proc/pid/maps now being read under per-vma lock protection we can reuse parts of that code to execute PROCMAP_QUERY ioctl also without taking mmap_lock. The change is designed to reduce mmap_lock contention and prevent PROCMAP_QUERY ioctl calls from blocking address space updates. This patchset was split out of the original patchset [1] that introduced per-vma lock usage for /proc/pid/maps reading. It contains PROCMAP_QUERY tests, code refactoring patch to simplify the main change and the actual transition to per-vma lock. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250704060727.724817-1-suren... Suren Baghdasaryan (3): selftests/proc: test PROCMAP_QUERY ioctl while vma is concurrently modified fs/proc/task_mmu: factor out proc_maps_private fields used by PROCMAP_QUERY fs/proc/task_mmu: execute PROCMAP_QUERY ioctl under per-vma locks fs/proc/internal.h | 15 +- fs/proc/task_mmu.c | 149 ++++++++++++------ tools/testing/selftests/proc/proc-maps-race.c | 65 ++++++++ 3 files changed, 174 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-) base-commit: 01da54f10fddf3b01c5a3b80f6b16bbad390c302 -- 2.50.1.565.gc32cd1483b-goog