linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH 1/3] Revert "binder_alloc: add missing mmap

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Date:   Mon, 24 Apr 2023 20:55:46 +0000
From:   Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@...gle.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Arve Hjønnevåg" <arve@...roid.com>,
        Todd Kjos <tkjos@...roid.com>,
        Martijn Coenen <maco@...roid.com>,
        Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
        Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@...gle.com>,
        Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...roid.com,
        Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@...cle.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 1/3] Revert "binder_alloc: add missing mmap_lock calls
 when using the VMA"

This reverts commit 44e602b4e52f70f04620bbbf4fe46ecb40170bde.

This caused a performance regression particularly when pages are getting
reclaimed. We don't need to acquire the mmap_lock to determine when the
binder buffer has been fully initialized. A subsequent patch will bring
back the lockless approach for this.

[cmllamas: resolved trivial conflicts with renaming of alloc->mm]

Cc: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@...cle.com>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@...gle.com>
---
 drivers/android/binder_alloc.c | 31 ++++++++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c b/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c
index 55a3c3c2409f..92c814ec44fe 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c
+++ b/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c
@@ -380,15 +380,12 @@ static struct binder_buffer *binder_alloc_new_buf_locked(
 	size_t size, data_offsets_size;
 	int ret;
 
-	mmap_read_lock(alloc->mm);
 	if (!binder_alloc_get_vma(alloc)) {
-		mmap_read_unlock(alloc->mm);
 		binder_alloc_debug(BINDER_DEBUG_USER_ERROR,
 				   "%d: binder_alloc_buf, no vma\n",
 				   alloc->pid);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ESRCH);
 	}
-	mmap_read_unlock(alloc->mm);
 
 	data_offsets_size = ALIGN(data_size, sizeof(void *)) +
 		ALIGN(offsets_size, sizeof(void *));
@@ -916,25 +913,17 @@ void binder_alloc_print_pages(struct seq_file *m,
 	 * Make sure the binder_alloc is fully initialized, otherwise we might
 	 * read inconsistent state.
 	 */
-
-	mmap_read_lock(alloc->mm);
-	if (binder_alloc_get_vma(alloc) == NULL) {
-		mmap_read_unlock(alloc->mm);
-		goto uninitialized;
-	}
-
-	mmap_read_unlock(alloc->mm);
-	for (i = 0; i < alloc->buffer_size / PAGE_SIZE; i++) {
-		page = &alloc->pages[i];
-		if (!page->page_ptr)
-			free++;
-		else if (list_empty(&page->lru))
-			active++;
-		else
-			lru++;
+	if (binder_alloc_get_vma(alloc) != NULL) {
+		for (i = 0; i < alloc->buffer_size / PAGE_SIZE; i++) {
+			page = &alloc->pages[i];
+			if (!page->page_ptr)
+				free++;
+			else if (list_empty(&page->lru))
+				active++;
+			else
+				lru++;
+		}
 	}
-
-uninitialized:
 	mutex_unlock(&alloc->mutex);
 	seq_printf(m, "  pages: %d:%d:%d\n", active, lru, free);
 	seq_printf(m, "  pages high watermark: %zu\n", alloc->pages_high);
-- 
2.40.0.634.g4ca3ef3211-goog