linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 10/10] mmap locking API: rename mmap_sem to mmap

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Date:   Wed, 1 Apr 2020 15:48:53 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Laurent Dufour <ldufour@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Liam Howlett <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>,
        Jerome Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com>,
        Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>, Ying Han <yinghan@...gle.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 10/10] mmap locking API: rename mmap_sem to mmap_lock

On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 03:51:02PM -0700, Michel Lespinasse wrote:
> Rename the mmap_sem field to mmap_lock. Any new uses of this lock
> should now go through the new mmap locking api. The mmap_lock is
> still implemented as a rwsem, though this could change in the future.

> diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
> index c28911c3afa8..a168d13b5c44 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
> @@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ struct mm_struct {
>  		spinlock_t page_table_lock; /* Protects page tables and some
>  					     * counters
>  					     */
> -		struct rw_semaphore mmap_sem;
> +		struct rw_semaphore mmap_lock;

It would be best if you change the type too.

>  
>  		struct list_head mmlist; /* List of maybe swapped mm's.	These
>  					  * are globally strung together off