linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/5] mm: Move mm_cachep initialization to mm

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Date:   Tue, 25 Oct 2022 22:06:57 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
        dave.hansen@...el.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, peterz@...radead.org, x86@...nel.org,
        keescook@...omium.org, seanjc@...gle.com
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] mm: Move mm_cachep initialization to mm_init()

In order to allow using mm_alloc() much earlier, move initializing
mm_cachep into mm_init().

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
---
 include/linux/sched/task.h |    1 +
 init/main.c                |    1 +
 kernel/fork.c              |   32 ++++++++++++++++++--------------
 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

--- a/include/linux/sched/task.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/task.h
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ extern void sched_dead(struct task_struc
 void __noreturn do_task_dead(void);
 void __noreturn make_task_dead(int signr);
 
+extern void mm_cache_init(void);
 extern void proc_caches_init(void);
 
 extern void fork_init(void);
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -860,6 +860,7 @@ static void __init mm_init(void)
 	/* Should be run after espfix64 is set up. */
 	pti_init();
 	kmsan_init_runtime();
+	mm_cache_init();
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -3015,10 +3015,27 @@ static void sighand_ctor(void *data)
 	init_waitqueue_head(&sighand->signalfd_wqh);
 }
 
-void __init proc_caches_init(void)
+void __init mm_cache_init(void)
 {
 	unsigned int mm_size;
 
+	/*
+	 * The mm_cpumask is located at the end of mm_struct, and is
+	 * dynamically sized based on the maximum CPU number this system
+	 * can have, taking hotplug into account (nr_cpu_ids).
+	 */
+	mm_size = sizeof(struct mm_struct) + cpumask_size();
+
+	mm_cachep = kmem_cache_create_usercopy("mm_struct",
+			mm_size, ARCH_MIN_MMSTRUCT_ALIGN,
+			SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC|SLAB_ACCOUNT,
+			offsetof(struct mm_struct, saved_auxv),
+			sizeof_field(struct mm_struct, saved_auxv),
+			NULL);
+}
+
+void __init proc_caches_init(void)
+{
 	sighand_cachep = kmem_cache_create("sighand_cache",
 			sizeof(struct sighand_struct), 0,
 			SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC|SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU|
@@ -3036,19 +3053,6 @@ void __init proc_caches_init(void)
 			SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC|SLAB_ACCOUNT,
 			NULL);
 
-	/*
-	 * The mm_cpumask is located at the end of mm_struct, and is
-	 * dynamically sized based on the maximum CPU number this system
-	 * can have, taking hotplug into account (nr_cpu_ids).
-	 */
-	mm_size = sizeof(struct mm_struct) + cpumask_size();
-
-	mm_cachep = kmem_cache_create_usercopy("mm_struct",
-			mm_size, ARCH_MIN_MMSTRUCT_ALIGN,
-			SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC|SLAB_ACCOUNT,
-			offsetof(struct mm_struct, saved_auxv),
-			sizeof_field(struct mm_struct, saved_auxv),
-			NULL);
 	vm_area_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(vm_area_struct, SLAB_PANIC|SLAB_ACCOUNT);
 	mmap_init();
 	nsproxy_cache_init();