linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] thp: move release mmap_sem lock out of khugepaged_alloc

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Date:	Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:18:44 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Linux Memory Management List <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] thp: move release mmap_sem lock out of
 khugepaged_alloc_page

On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:56:41 +0800
Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> To make the code more clear, move release the lock out of khugepaged_alloc_page
> 
> ...
>
> --- a/mm/huge_memory.c
> +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
> @@ -1854,11 +1854,6 @@ static struct page
>  	*hpage  = alloc_hugepage_vma(khugepaged_defrag(), vma, address,
>  				      node, __GFP_OTHER_NODE);
> 
> -	/*
> -	 * After allocating the hugepage, release the mmap_sem read lock in
> -	 * preparation for taking it in write mode.
> -	 */
> -	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
>  	if (unlikely(!*hpage)) {
>  		count_vm_event(THP_COLLAPSE_ALLOC_FAILED);
>  		*hpage = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> @@ -1905,7 +1900,6 @@ static struct page
>  		       struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
>  		       int node)
>  {
> -	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
>  	VM_BUG_ON(!*hpage);
>  	return  *hpage;
>  }
> @@ -1931,8 +1925,14 @@ static void collapse_huge_page(struct mm_struct *mm,
> 
>  	VM_BUG_ON(address & ~HPAGE_PMD_MASK);
> 
> -	/* release the mmap_sem read lock. */
>  	new_page = khugepaged_alloc_page(hpage, mm, vma, address, node);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * After allocating the hugepage, release the mmap_sem read lock in
> +	 * preparation for taking it in write mode.
> +	 */
> +	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> +
>  	if (!new_page)
>  		return;

Well that's a pretty minor improvement: one still has to go off on a
big hunt to locate the matching down_read().

And the patch will increase mmap_sem hold times by a teeny amount.  Do
we really want to do this?

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