linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] do_io_accounting: use sig->stats

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Date:   Mon, 23 Oct 2023 17:34:05 +0200
From:   Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] do_io_accounting: use sig->stats_lock

rather than lock_task_sighand(), sig->stats_lock was specifically
designed for this type of use.

This way the "if (whole)" branch runs lockless in the likely case.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
---
 fs/proc/base.c | 20 ++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 0a39412332e2..ad4afa73b25b 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -2977,7 +2977,6 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_coredump_filter_operations = {
 static int do_io_accounting(struct task_struct *task, struct seq_file *m, int whole)
 {
 	struct task_io_accounting acct;
-	unsigned long flags;
 	int result;
 
 	result = down_read_killable(&task->signal->exec_update_lock);
@@ -2989,15 +2988,24 @@ static int do_io_accounting(struct task_struct *task, struct seq_file *m, int wh
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
-	if (whole && lock_task_sighand(task, &flags)) {
+	if (whole) {
 		struct signal_struct *sig = task->signal;
 		struct task_struct *t;
+		unsigned int seq = 1;
+		unsigned long flags;
+
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		do {
+			seq++; /* 2 on the 1st/lockless path, otherwise odd */
+			flags = read_seqbegin_or_lock_irqsave(&sig->stats_lock, &seq);
 
-		acct = sig->ioac;
-		__for_each_thread(sig, t)
-			task_io_accounting_add(&acct, &t->ioac);
+			acct = sig->ioac;
+			__for_each_thread(sig, t)
+				task_io_accounting_add(&acct, &t->ioac);
 
-		unlock_task_sighand(task, &flags);
+		} while (need_seqretry(&sig->stats_lock, seq));
+		done_seqretry_irqrestore(&sig->stats_lock, seq, flags);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 	} else {
 		acct = task->ioac;
 	}
-- 
2.25.1.362.g51ebf55