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1 files changed, 20 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
index 5aacc1c10a45..8f0fb62e8975 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
@@ -445,13 +445,6 @@ struct mm_struct {
*/
atomic_t has_pinned;
- /**
- * @write_protect_seq: Locked when any thread is write
- * protecting pages mapped by this mm to enforce a later COW,
- * for instance during page table copying for fork().
- */
- seqcount_t write_protect_seq;
-
#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
atomic_long_t pgtables_bytes; /* PTE page table pages */
#endif
@@ -460,6 +453,18 @@ struct mm_struct {
spinlock_t page_table_lock; /* Protects page tables and some
* counters
*/
+ /*
+ * With some kernel config, the current mmap_lock's offset
+ * inside 'mm_struct' is at 0x120, which is very optimal, as
+ * its two hot fields 'count' and 'owner' sit in 2 different
+ * cachelines, and when mmap_lock is highly contended, both
+ * of the 2 fields will be accessed frequently, current layout
+ * will help to reduce cache bouncing.
+ *
+ * So please be careful with adding new fields before
+ * mmap_lock, which can easily push the 2 fields into one
+ * cacheline.
+ */
struct rw_semaphore mmap_lock;
struct list_head mmlist; /* List of maybe swapped mm's. These
@@ -480,7 +485,15 @@ struct mm_struct {
unsigned long stack_vm; /* VM_STACK */
unsigned long def_flags;
+ /**
+ * @write_protect_seq: Locked when any thread is write
+ * protecting pages mapped by this mm to enforce a later COW,
+ * for instance during page table copying for fork().
+ */
+ seqcount_t write_protect_seq;
+
spinlock_t arg_lock; /* protect the below fields */
+
unsigned long start_code, end_code, start_data, end_data;
unsigned long start_brk, brk, start_stack;
unsigned long arg_start, arg_end, env_start, env_end;