linux-kernel - Re: [RFC v2 PATCH 2/2] mm: mmap: zap pages with read mmap

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Date:   Tue, 26 Jun 2018 09:43:44 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Yang Shi <yang.shi@...ux.alibaba.com>
Cc:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@...il.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        ldufour@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, acme@...nel.org,
        alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com, jolsa@...hat.com,
        namhyung@...nel.org,
        "open list:MEMORY MANAGEMENT" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC v2 PATCH 2/2] mm: mmap: zap pages with read mmap_sem for
 large mapping

On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 05:06:23PM -0700, Yang Shi wrote:
> By looking this deeper, we may not be able to cover all the unmapping range
> for VM_DEAD, for example, if the start addr is in the middle of a vma. We
> can't set VM_DEAD to that vma since that would trigger SIGSEGV for still
> mapped area.
> 
> splitting can't be done with read mmap_sem held, so maybe just set VM_DEAD
> to non-overlapped vmas. Access to overlapped vmas (first and last) will
> still have undefined behavior.

Acquire mmap_sem for writing, split, mark VM_DEAD, drop mmap_sem. Acquire
mmap_sem for reading, madv_free drop mmap_sem. Acquire mmap_sem for
writing, free everything left, drop mmap_sem.

?

Sure, you acquire the lock 3 times, but both write instances should be
'short', and I suppose you can do a demote between 1 and 2 if you care.