From 0d2ebf9c3f7822e7ba3e4792ea3b6b19aa2da34a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Suren Baghdasaryan Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2023 09:36:31 -0800 Subject: mm/mmap: free vm_area_struct without call_rcu in exit_mmap call_rcu() can take a long time when callback offloading is enabled. Its use in the vm_area_free can cause regressions in the exit path when multiple VMAs are being freed. Because exit_mmap() is called only after the last mm user drops its refcount, the page fault handlers can't be racing with it. Any other possible user like oom-reaper or process_mrelease are already synchronized using mmap_lock. Therefore exit_mmap() can free VMAs directly, without the use of call_rcu(). Expose __vm_area_free() and use it from exit_mmap() to avoid possible call_rcu() floods and performance regressions caused by it. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230227173632.3292573-33-surenb@google.com Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- kernel/fork.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'kernel') diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c index 76fcc08984d4..f86f7e917954 100644 --- a/kernel/fork.c +++ b/kernel/fork.c @@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct *vm_area_dup(struct vm_area_struct *orig) return new; } -static void __vm_area_free(struct vm_area_struct *vma) +void __vm_area_free(struct vm_area_struct *vma) { free_anon_vma_name(vma); kmem_cache_free(vm_area_cachep, vma); -- cgit v1.2.3