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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
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2.50.1.565.gc32cd1483b-goog




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