linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 9/9] mm/huge_memory: remove stale locking logic from __split_huge

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Date:   Mon, 31 Jan 2022 17:29:39 +0100
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>,
        John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>,
        Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Yang Shi <shy828301@...il.com>,
        "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>, Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>,
        Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>,
        Donald Dutile <ddutile@...hat.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Liang Zhang <zhangliang5@...wei.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 9/9] mm/huge_memory: remove stale locking logic from __split_huge_pmd()

Let's remove the stale logic that was required for reuse_swap_page().

Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
---
 mm/huge_memory.c | 32 +-------------------------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 31 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index a6dc5af1a763..cda88d8ac1bd 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -2152,8 +2152,6 @@ void __split_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
 {
 	spinlock_t *ptl;
 	struct mmu_notifier_range range;
-	bool do_unlock_page = false;
-	pmd_t _pmd;
 
 	mmu_notifier_range_init(&range, MMU_NOTIFY_CLEAR, 0, vma, vma->vm_mm,
 				address & HPAGE_PMD_MASK,
@@ -2172,35 +2170,9 @@ void __split_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
 			goto out;
 	}
 
-repeat:
 	if (pmd_trans_huge(*pmd)) {
-		if (!page) {
+		if (!page)
 			page = pmd_page(*pmd);
-			/*
-			 * An anonymous page must be locked, to ensure that a
-			 * concurrent reuse_swap_page() sees stable mapcount;
-			 * but reuse_swap_page() is not used on shmem or file,
-			 * and page lock must not be taken when zap_pmd_range()
-			 * calls __split_huge_pmd() while i_mmap_lock is held.
-			 */
-			if (PageAnon(page)) {
-				if (unlikely(!trylock_page(page))) {
-					get_page(page);
-					_pmd = *pmd;
-					spin_unlock(ptl);
-					lock_page(page);
-					spin_lock(ptl);
-					if (unlikely(!pmd_same(*pmd, _pmd))) {
-						unlock_page(page);
-						put_page(page);
-						page = NULL;
-						goto repeat;
-					}
-					put_page(page);
-				}
-				do_unlock_page = true;
-			}
-		}
 		if (PageMlocked(page))
 			clear_page_mlock(page);
 	} else if (!(pmd_devmap(*pmd) || is_pmd_migration_entry(*pmd)))
@@ -2208,8 +2180,6 @@ void __split_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
 	__split_huge_pmd_locked(vma, pmd, range.start, freeze);
 out:
 	spin_unlock(ptl);
-	if (do_unlock_page)
-		unlock_page(page);
 	/*
 	 * No need to double call mmu_notifier->invalidate_range() callback.
 	 * They are 3 cases to consider inside __split_huge_pmd_locked():
-- 
2.34.1