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diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 78b18a60b9b2..a237295f8190 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -241,6 +241,15 @@ static struct mempolicy *mpol_new(unsigned short mode, unsigned short flags,
return policy;
}
+/* Slow path of a mpol destructor. */
+void __mpol_put(struct mempolicy *p)
+{
+ if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&p->refcnt))
+ return;
+ p->mode = MPOL_DEFAULT;
+ kmem_cache_free(policy_cache, p);
+}
+
static void mpol_rebind_default(struct mempolicy *pol, const nodemask_t *nodes)
{
}
@@ -719,6 +728,7 @@ static long do_get_mempolicy(int *policy, nodemask_t *nmask,
get_zonemask(pol, nmask);
out:
+ mpol_cond_put(pol);
if (vma)
up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
return err;
@@ -1257,16 +1267,18 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_mbind(compat_ulong_t start, compat_ulong_t len,
*
* Returns effective policy for a VMA at specified address.
* Falls back to @task or system default policy, as necessary.
- * Returned policy has extra reference count if shared, vma,
- * or some other task's policy [show_numa_maps() can pass
- * @task != current]. It is the caller's responsibility to
- * free the reference in these cases.
+ * Current or other task's task mempolicy and non-shared vma policies
+ * are protected by the task's mmap_sem, which must be held for read by
+ * the caller.
+ * Shared policies [those marked as MPOL_F_SHARED] require an extra reference
+ * count--added by the get_policy() vm_op, as appropriate--to protect against
+ * freeing by another task. It is the caller's responsibility to free the
+ * extra reference for shared policies.
*/
static struct mempolicy *get_vma_policy(struct task_struct *task,
struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr)
{
struct mempolicy *pol = task->mempolicy;
- int shared_pol = 0;
if (vma) {
if (vma->vm_ops && vma->vm_ops->get_policy) {
@@ -1274,20 +1286,20 @@ static struct mempolicy *get_vma_policy(struct task_struct *task,
addr);
if (vpol)
pol = vpol;
- shared_pol = 1; /* if pol non-NULL, add ref below */
} else if (vma->vm_policy &&
vma->vm_policy->mode != MPOL_DEFAULT)
pol = vma->vm_policy;
}
if (!pol)
pol = &default_policy;
- else if (!shared_pol && pol != current->mempolicy)
- mpol_get(pol); /* vma or other task's policy */
return pol;
}
-/* Return a nodemask representing a mempolicy */
-static nodemask_t *nodemask_policy(gfp_t gfp, struct mempolicy *policy)
+/*
+ * Return a nodemask representing a mempolicy for filtering nodes for
+ * page allocation
+ */
+static nodemask_t *policy_nodemask(gfp_t gfp, struct mempolicy *policy)
{
/* Lower zones don't get a nodemask applied for MPOL_BIND */
if (unlikely(policy->mode == MPOL_BIND) &&
@@ -1298,8 +1310,8 @@ static nodemask_t *nodemask_policy(gfp_t gfp, struct mempolicy *policy)
return NULL;
}
-/* Return a zonelist representing a mempolicy */
-static struct zonelist *zonelist_policy(gfp_t gfp, struct mempolicy *policy)
+/* Return a zonelist indicated by gfp for node representing a mempolicy */
+static struct zonelist *policy_zonelist(gfp_t gfp, struct mempolicy *policy)
{
int nd;
@@ -1311,10 +1323,10 @@ static struct zonelist *zonelist_policy(gfp_t gfp, struct mempolicy *policy)
break;
case MPOL_BIND:
/*
- * Normally, MPOL_BIND allocations node-local are node-local
- * within the allowed nodemask. However, if __GFP_THISNODE is
- * set and the current node is part of the mask, we use the
- * the zonelist for the first node in the mask instead.
+ * Normally, MPOL_BIND allocations are node-local within the
+ * allowed nodemask. However, if __GFP_THISNODE is set and the
+ * current node is part of the mask, we use the zonelist for
+ * the first node in the mask instead.
*/
nd = numa_node_id();
if (unlikely(gfp & __GFP_THISNODE) &&
@@ -1350,6 +1362,10 @@ static unsigned interleave_nodes(struct mempolicy *policy)
/*
* Depending on the memory policy provide a node from which to allocate the
* next slab entry.
+ * @policy must be protected by freeing by the caller. If @policy is
+ * the current task's mempolicy, this protection is implicit, as only the
+ * task can change it's policy. The system default policy requires no
+ * such protection.
*/
unsigned slab_node(struct mempolicy *policy)
{
@@ -1435,43 +1451,27 @@ static inline unsigned interleave_nid(struct mempolicy *pol,
* @mpol = pointer to mempolicy pointer for reference counted mempolicy
* @nodemask = pointer to nodemask pointer for MPOL_BIND nodemask
*
- * Returns a zonelist suitable for a huge page allocation.
- * If the effective policy is 'BIND, returns pointer to local node's zonelist,
- * and a pointer to the mempolicy's @nodemask for filtering the zonelist.
- * If it is also a policy for which get_vma_policy() returns an extra
- * reference, we must hold that reference until after the allocation.
- * In that case, return policy via @mpol so hugetlb allocation can drop
- * the reference. For non-'BIND referenced policies, we can/do drop the
- * reference here, so the caller doesn't need to know about the special case
- * for default and current task policy.
+ * Returns a zonelist suitable for a huge page allocation and a pointer
+ * to the struct mempolicy for conditional unref after allocation.
+ * If the effective policy is 'BIND, returns a pointer to the mempolicy's
+ * @nodemask for filtering the zonelist.
*/
struct zonelist *huge_zonelist(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
gfp_t gfp_flags, struct mempolicy **mpol,
nodemask_t **nodemask)
{
- struct mempolicy *pol = get_vma_policy(current, vma, addr);
struct zonelist *zl;
- *mpol = NULL; /* probably no unref needed */
+ *mpol = get_vma_policy(current, vma, addr);
*nodemask = NULL; /* assume !MPOL_BIND */
- if (pol->mode == MPOL_BIND) {
- *nodemask = &pol->v.nodes;
- } else if (pol->mode == MPOL_INTERLEAVE) {
- unsigned nid;
-
- nid = interleave_nid(pol, vma, addr, HPAGE_SHIFT);
- if (unlikely(pol != &default_policy &&
- pol != current->mempolicy))
- __mpol_put(pol); /* finished with pol */
- return node_zonelist(nid, gfp_flags);
- }
- zl = zonelist_policy(GFP_HIGHUSER, pol);
- if (unlikely(pol != &default_policy && pol != current->mempolicy)) {
- if (pol->mode != MPOL_BIND)
- __mpol_put(pol); /* finished with pol */
- else
- *mpol = pol; /* unref needed after allocation */
+ if (unlikely((*mpol)->mode == MPOL_INTERLEAVE)) {
+ zl = node_zonelist(interleave_nid(*mpol, vma, addr,
+ HPAGE_SHIFT), gfp_flags);
+ } else {
+ zl = policy_zonelist(gfp_flags, *mpol);
+ if ((*mpol)->mode == MPOL_BIND)
+ *nodemask = &(*mpol)->v.nodes;
}
return zl;
}
@@ -1526,25 +1526,23 @@ alloc_page_vma(gfp_t gfp, struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr)
unsigned nid;
nid = interleave_nid(pol, vma, addr, PAGE_SHIFT);
- if (unlikely(pol != &default_policy &&
- pol != current->mempolicy))
- __mpol_put(pol); /* finished with pol */
+ mpol_cond_put(pol);
return alloc_page_interleave(gfp, 0, nid);
}
- zl = zonelist_policy(gfp, pol);
- if (pol != &default_policy && pol != current->mempolicy) {
+ zl = policy_zonelist(gfp, pol);
+ if (unlikely(mpol_needs_cond_ref(pol))) {
/*
- * slow path: ref counted policy -- shared or vma
+ * slow path: ref counted shared policy
*/
struct page *page = __alloc_pages_nodemask(gfp, 0,
- zl, nodemask_policy(gfp, pol));
+ zl, policy_nodemask(gfp, pol));
__mpol_put(pol);
return page;
}
/*
* fast path: default or task policy
*/
- return __alloc_pages_nodemask(gfp, 0, zl, nodemask_policy(gfp, pol));
+ return __alloc_pages_nodemask(gfp, 0, zl, policy_nodemask(gfp, pol));
}
/**
@@ -1574,10 +1572,15 @@ struct page *alloc_pages_current(gfp_t gfp, unsigned order)
cpuset_update_task_memory_state();
if (!pol || in_interrupt() || (gfp & __GFP_THISNODE))
pol = &default_policy;
+
+ /*
+ * No reference counting needed for current->mempolicy
+ * nor system default_policy
+ */
if (pol->mode == MPOL_INTERLEAVE)
return alloc_page_interleave(gfp, order, interleave_nodes(pol));
return __alloc_pages_nodemask(gfp, order,
- zonelist_policy(gfp, pol), nodemask_policy(gfp, pol));
+ policy_zonelist(gfp, pol), policy_nodemask(gfp, pol));
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(alloc_pages_current);
@@ -1605,6 +1608,28 @@ struct mempolicy *__mpol_dup(struct mempolicy *old)
return new;
}
+/*
+ * If *frompol needs [has] an extra ref, copy *frompol to *tompol ,
+ * eliminate the * MPOL_F_* flags that require conditional ref and
+ * [NOTE!!!] drop the extra ref. Not safe to reference *frompol directly
+ * after return. Use the returned value.
+ *
+ * Allows use of a mempolicy for, e.g., multiple allocations with a single
+ * policy lookup, even if the policy needs/has extra ref on lookup.
+ * shmem_readahead needs this.
+ */
+struct mempolicy *__mpol_cond_copy(struct mempolicy *tompol,
+ struct mempolicy *frompol)
+{
+ if (!mpol_needs_cond_ref(frompol))
+ return frompol;
+
+ *tompol = *frompol;
+ tompol->flags &= ~MPOL_F_SHARED; /* copy doesn't need unref */
+ __mpol_put(frompol);
+ return tompol;
+}
+
static int mpol_match_intent(const struct mempolicy *a,
const struct mempolicy *b)
{
@@ -1639,15 +1664,6 @@ int __mpol_equal(struct mempolicy *a, struct mempolicy *b)
}
}
-/* Slow path of a mpol destructor. */
-void __mpol_put(struct mempolicy *p)
-{
- if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&p->refcnt))
- return;
- p->mode = MPOL_DEFAULT;
- kmem_cache_free(policy_cache, p);
-}
-
/*
* Shared memory backing store policy support.
*
@@ -2081,11 +2097,7 @@ int show_numa_map(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
pol = get_vma_policy(priv->task, vma, vma->vm_start);
mpol_to_str(buffer, sizeof(buffer), pol);
- /*
- * unref shared or other task's mempolicy
- */
- if (pol != &default_policy && pol != current->mempolicy)
- __mpol_put(pol);
+ mpol_cond_put(pol);
seq_printf(m, "%08lx %s", vma->vm_start, buffer);