linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/rmap: Convert from atomic_t to refcount_t on anon

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Date:   Tue, 20 Jul 2021 16:01:27 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@...an.edu.cn>
Cc:     Alistair Popple <apopple@...dia.com>,
        Yang Shi <shy828301@...il.com>,
        Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>,
        Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
        Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        yuanxzhang@...an.edu.cn, Xin Tan <tanxin.ctf@...il.com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/rmap: Convert from atomic_t to refcount_t on
 anon_vma->refcount

On Mon, 19 Jul 2021 11:23:35 +0800 Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@...an.edu.cn> wrote:

> refcount_t type and corresponding API can protect refcounters from
> accidental underflow and overflow and further use-after-free situations.

Grumble.

For x86_64 defconfig this takes rmap.o text size from 13226 bytes to
13622.

For x86_64 allmodconfig this takes rmap.o text size from 66576 bytes to
67858.

I didn't check which config option is making the bloat so much worse,
but this really is quite bad.  We bust a gut to make savings which are
1% the size of this!  Is the refcount_t really so much better than a
bare atomic_t that this impact is justified?

Can someone pleeeeeeze take a look at what is happening here and put
the refcount code on a very serious diet?