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Message-ID: <87jzbzbxrk.fsf@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:47:11 +0100
From: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>
To: "Alice Ryhl" <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
Cc: "Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@...nel.org>,  "Matthew Wilcox"
 <willy@...radead.org>,  "Lorenzo Stoakes" <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>,
  "Vlastimil Babka" <vbabka@...e.cz>,  "John Hubbard"
 <jhubbard@...dia.com>,  "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>,
  "Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,  "Greg Kroah-Hartman"
 <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,  "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...db.de>,
  "Christian Brauner" <brauner@...nel.org>,  "Jann Horn"
 <jannh@...gle.com>,  "Suren Baghdasaryan" <surenb@...gle.com>,  "Alex
 Gaynor" <alex.gaynor@...il.com>,  "Boqun Feng" <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
  "Gary Guo" <gary@...yguo.net>,  =?utf-8?Q?Bj=C3=B6rn?= Roy Baron
 <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>,  "Benno Lossin" <benno.lossin@...ton.me>,
  "Trevor Gross" <tmgross@...ch.edu>,  <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
  <linux-mm@...ck.org>,  <rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 4/8] mm: rust: add lock_vma_under_rcu

"Alice Ryhl" <aliceryhl@...gle.com> writes:

> Currently, the binder driver always uses the mmap lock to make changes
> to its vma. Because the mmap lock is global to the process, this can
> involve significant contention. However, the kernel has a feature called
> per-vma locks, which can significantly reduce contention. For example,
> you can take a vma lock in parallel with an mmap write lock. This is
> important because contention on the mmap lock has been a long-term
> recurring challenge for the Binder driver.
>
> This patch introduces support for using `lock_vma_under_rcu` from Rust.
> The Rust Binder driver will be able to use this to reduce contention on
> the mmap lock.
>
> Acked-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com> (for mm bits)
> Reviewed-by: Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
> ---
>  rust/helpers/mm.c |  5 +++++
>  rust/kernel/mm.rs | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 61 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/rust/helpers/mm.c b/rust/helpers/mm.c
> index 7b72eb065a3e..81b510c96fd2 100644
> --- a/rust/helpers/mm.c
> +++ b/rust/helpers/mm.c
> @@ -43,3 +43,8 @@ struct vm_area_struct *rust_helper_vma_lookup(struct mm_struct *mm,
>  {
>  	return vma_lookup(mm, addr);
>  }
> +
> +void rust_helper_vma_end_read(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> +{
> +	vma_end_read(vma);
> +}
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/mm.rs b/rust/kernel/mm.rs
> index ace8e7d57afe..425b73a9dfe6 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/mm.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/mm.rs
> @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
>  use core::{ops::Deref, ptr::NonNull};
>
>  pub mod virt;
> +use virt::VmAreaRef;
>
>  /// A wrapper for the kernel's `struct mm_struct`.
>  ///
> @@ -170,6 +171,32 @@ pub unsafe fn from_raw<'a>(ptr: *const bindings::mm_struct) -> &'a MmWithUser {
>          unsafe { &*ptr.cast() }
>      }
>
> +    /// Attempt to access a vma using the vma read lock.
> +    ///
> +    /// This is an optimistic trylock operation, so it may fail if there is contention. In that
> +    /// case, you should fall back to taking the mmap read lock.
> +    ///
> +    /// When per-vma locks are disabled, this always returns `None`.
> +    #[inline]
> +    pub fn lock_vma_under_rcu(&self, vma_addr: usize) -> Option<VmaReadGuard<'_>> {
> +        #[cfg(CONFIG_PER_VMA_LOCK)]
> +        {
> +            // SAFETY: Calling `bindings::lock_vma_under_rcu` is always okay given an mm where
> +            // `mm_users` is non-zero.
> +            let vma = unsafe { bindings::lock_vma_under_rcu(self.as_raw(), vma_addr as _) };

Is `as _` the right approach here?


Best regards,
Andreas Hindborg