[RFC PATCH 16/28] kernel/fork: assert no VMA readers during its destruction

From: Suren Baghdasaryan
Date: Mon Aug 29 2022 - 17:27:46 EST


Assert there are no holders of VMA lock for reading when it is about to be
destroyed.

Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/mm.h | 8 ++++++++
kernel/fork.c | 2 ++
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index dc72be923e5b..0d9c1563c354 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -676,6 +676,13 @@ static inline void vma_assert_write_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma, int pos)
VM_BUG_ON_VMA(vma->vm_lock_seq != READ_ONCE(vma->vm_mm->mm_lock_seq), vma);
}

+static inline void vma_assert_no_reader(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+ VM_BUG_ON_VMA(rwsem_is_locked(&vma->lock) &&
+ vma->vm_lock_seq != READ_ONCE(vma->vm_mm->mm_lock_seq),
+ vma);
+}
+
#else /* CONFIG_PER_VMA_LOCK */

static inline void vma_init_lock(struct vm_area_struct *vma) {}
@@ -685,6 +692,7 @@ static inline bool vma_read_trylock(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
static inline void vma_read_unlock(struct vm_area_struct *vma) {}
static inline void vma_assert_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma) {}
static inline void vma_assert_write_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma, int pos) {}
+static inline void vma_assert_no_reader(struct vm_area_struct *vma) {}

#endif /* CONFIG_PER_VMA_LOCK */

diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 1872ad549fed..b443ba3a247a 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -487,6 +487,8 @@ static void __vm_area_free(struct rcu_head *head)
{
struct vm_area_struct *vma = container_of(head, struct vm_area_struct,
vm_rcu);
+ /* The vma should either have no lock holders or be write-locked. */
+ vma_assert_no_reader(vma);
kmem_cache_free(vm_area_cachep, vma);
}
#endif
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