linux-kernel - [PATCH 04/64] mm: add a range parameter to the vm

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Date:   Mon,  5 Feb 2018 02:26:54 +0100
From:   Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@...e.de>
To:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mingo@...nel.org
Cc:     peterz@...radead.org, ldufour@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, jack@...e.cz,
        mhocko@...nel.org, kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com,
        mawilcox@...rosoft.com, mgorman@...hsingularity.net,
        dave@...olabs.net, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH 04/64] mm: add a range parameter to the vm_fault structure

From: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>

When handling a page fault, it happens that the mmap_sem is released
during the processing. As moving to range lock requires to pass the
range parameter to the lock/unlock operation, this patch add a pointer
to the range structure used when locking the mmap_sem to vm_fault
structure.

It is currently unused, but will be in the next patches.

Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@...e.de>
---
 include/linux/mm.h | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 9d2ed23aa894..bcf2509d448d 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -361,6 +361,10 @@ struct vm_fault {
 					 * page table to avoid allocation from
 					 * atomic context.
 					 */
+	struct range_lock *lockrange;	/* Range lock interval in use for when
+					 * the mm lock is manipulated throughout
+					 * its lifespan.
+					 */
 };
 
 /* page entry size for vm->huge_fault() */
-- 
2.13.6