linux-kernel - [PATCH v6 1/1] proc: Allow pid_revalidate() during LOOKUP

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Message-Id: <20211004175629.292270-2-stephen.s.brennan@oracle.com>
Date:   Mon,  4 Oct 2021 10:56:29 -0700
From:   Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@...cle.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Konrad Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@...cle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v6 1/1] proc: Allow pid_revalidate() during LOOKUP_RCU

The pid_revalidate() function drops from RCU into REF lookup mode. When
many threads are resolving paths within /proc in parallel, this can
result in heavy spinlock contention on d_lockref as each thread tries to
grab a reference to the /proc dentry (and drop it shortly thereafter).

Investigation indicates that it is not necessary to drop RCU in
pid_revalidate(), as no RCU data is modified and the function never
sleeps. So, remove the LOOKUP_RCU check.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@...cle.com>
---
 fs/proc/base.c | 18 ++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 533d5836eb9a..3042ab418c31 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -1979,19 +1979,21 @@ static int pid_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct task_struct *task;
+	int ret = 0;
 
-	if (flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
-		return -ECHILD;
-
-	inode = d_inode(dentry);
-	task = get_proc_task(inode);
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	inode = d_inode_rcu(dentry);
+	if (!inode)
+		goto out;
+	task = pid_task(proc_pid(inode), PIDTYPE_PID);
 
 	if (task) {
 		pid_update_inode(task, inode);
-		put_task_struct(task);
-		return 1;
+		ret = 1;
 	}
-	return 0;
+out:
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static inline bool proc_inode_is_dead(struct inode *inode)
-- 
2.30.2