On Fri, Aug 08, 2025 at 08:28:49AM -0700, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote:
> Utilize per-vma locks to stabilize vma after lookup without taking
> mmap_lock during PROCMAP_QUERY ioctl execution. If vma lock is
> contended, we fall back to mmap_lock but take it only momentarily
> to lock the vma and release the mmap_lock. In a very unlikely case
> of vm_refcnt overflow, this fall back path will fail and ioctl is
> done under mmap_lock protection.
>
> This change is designed to reduce mmap_lock contention and prevent
> PROCMAP_QUERY ioctl calls from blocking address space updates.
>
> Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <[email protected]>
> Acked-by: SeongJae Park <[email protected]>

All LGTM, so:

Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <[email protected]>

> ---
>  fs/proc/task_mmu.c | 103 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 85 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
> index c0968d293b61..e64cf40ce9c4 100644
> --- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
> @@ -132,6 +132,12 @@ static void release_task_mempolicy(struct 
> proc_maps_private *priv)
>
>  #ifdef CONFIG_PER_VMA_LOCK
>
> +static void reset_lock_ctx(struct proc_maps_locking_ctx *lock_ctx)
> +{
> +     lock_ctx->locked_vma = NULL;
> +     lock_ctx->mmap_locked = false;
> +}

Thanks!

> +
>  static void unlock_ctx_vma(struct proc_maps_locking_ctx *lock_ctx)
>  {
>       if (lock_ctx->locked_vma) {
> @@ -157,8 +163,7 @@ static inline bool lock_vma_range(struct seq_file *m,
>               lock_ctx->mmap_locked = true;
>       } else {
>               rcu_read_lock();
> -             lock_ctx->locked_vma = NULL;
> -             lock_ctx->mmap_locked = false;
> +             reset_lock_ctx(lock_ctx);
>       }
>
>       return true;
> @@ -522,28 +527,90 @@ static int pid_maps_open(struct inode *inode, struct 
> file *file)
>               PROCMAP_QUERY_VMA_FLAGS                         \
>  )
>
> -static int query_vma_setup(struct mm_struct *mm)
> +#ifdef CONFIG_PER_VMA_LOCK
> +
> +static int query_vma_setup(struct proc_maps_locking_ctx *lock_ctx)
>  {
> -     return mmap_read_lock_killable(mm);
> +     reset_lock_ctx(lock_ctx);
> +
> +     return 0;
>  }
>
> -static void query_vma_teardown(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct 
> *vma)
> +static void query_vma_teardown(struct proc_maps_locking_ctx *lock_ctx)
>  {
> -     mmap_read_unlock(mm);
> +     if (lock_ctx->mmap_locked) {
> +             mmap_read_unlock(lock_ctx->mm);
> +             lock_ctx->mmap_locked = false;
> +     } else {
> +             unlock_ctx_vma(lock_ctx);
> +     }
> +}
> +
> +static struct vm_area_struct *query_vma_find_by_addr(struct 
> proc_maps_locking_ctx *lock_ctx,
> +                                                  unsigned long addr)
> +{
> +     struct mm_struct *mm = lock_ctx->mm;
> +     struct vm_area_struct *vma;
> +     struct vma_iterator vmi;
> +
> +     if (lock_ctx->mmap_locked)
> +             return find_vma(mm, addr);
> +
> +     /* Unlock previously locked VMA and find the next one under RCU */
> +     unlock_ctx_vma(lock_ctx);
> +     rcu_read_lock();
> +     vma_iter_init(&vmi, mm, addr);
> +     vma = lock_next_vma(mm, &vmi, addr);
> +     rcu_read_unlock();
> +
> +     if (!vma)
> +             return NULL;
> +
> +     if (!IS_ERR(vma)) {
> +             lock_ctx->locked_vma = vma;
> +             return vma;
> +     }
> +
> +     if (PTR_ERR(vma) == -EAGAIN) {
> +             /* Fallback to mmap_lock on vma->vm_refcnt overflow */
> +             mmap_read_lock(mm);
> +             vma = find_vma(mm, addr);
> +             lock_ctx->mmap_locked = true;
> +     }

Thanks this is great!

> +
> +     return vma;
>  }
>
> -static struct vm_area_struct *query_vma_find_by_addr(struct mm_struct *mm, 
> unsigned long addr)
> +#else /* CONFIG_PER_VMA_LOCK */
> +
> +static int query_vma_setup(struct proc_maps_locking_ctx *lock_ctx)
> +{
> +     return mmap_read_lock_killable(lock_ctx->mm);
> +}
> +
> +static void query_vma_teardown(struct proc_maps_locking_ctx *lock_ctx)
> +{
> +     mmap_read_unlock(lock_ctx->mm);
> +}
> +
> +static struct vm_area_struct *query_vma_find_by_addr(struct 
> proc_maps_locking_ctx *lock_ctx,
> +                                                  unsigned long addr)
>  {
> -     return find_vma(mm, addr);
> +     return find_vma(lock_ctx->mm, addr);
>  }
>
> -static struct vm_area_struct *query_matching_vma(struct mm_struct *mm,
> +#endif  /* CONFIG_PER_VMA_LOCK */
> +
> +static struct vm_area_struct *query_matching_vma(struct 
> proc_maps_locking_ctx *lock_ctx,
>                                                unsigned long addr, u32 flags)
>  {
>       struct vm_area_struct *vma;
>
>  next_vma:
> -     vma = query_vma_find_by_addr(mm, addr);
> +     vma = query_vma_find_by_addr(lock_ctx, addr);
> +     if (IS_ERR(vma))
> +             return vma;
> +
>       if (!vma)
>               goto no_vma;
>
> @@ -584,11 +651,11 @@ static struct vm_area_struct *query_matching_vma(struct 
> mm_struct *mm,
>       return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
>  }
>
> -static int do_procmap_query(struct proc_maps_private *priv, void __user 
> *uarg)
> +static int do_procmap_query(struct mm_struct *mm, void __user *uarg)
>  {
> +     struct proc_maps_locking_ctx lock_ctx = { .mm = mm };
>       struct procmap_query karg;
>       struct vm_area_struct *vma;
> -     struct mm_struct *mm;
>       const char *name = NULL;
>       char build_id_buf[BUILD_ID_SIZE_MAX], *name_buf = NULL;
>       __u64 usize;
> @@ -615,17 +682,16 @@ static int do_procmap_query(struct proc_maps_private 
> *priv, void __user *uarg)
>       if (!!karg.build_id_size != !!karg.build_id_addr)
>               return -EINVAL;
>
> -     mm = priv->lock_ctx.mm;
>       if (!mm || !mmget_not_zero(mm))
>               return -ESRCH;
>
> -     err = query_vma_setup(mm);
> +     err = query_vma_setup(&lock_ctx);
>       if (err) {
>               mmput(mm);
>               return err;
>       }
>
> -     vma = query_matching_vma(mm, karg.query_addr, karg.query_flags);
> +     vma = query_matching_vma(&lock_ctx, karg.query_addr, karg.query_flags);
>       if (IS_ERR(vma)) {
>               err = PTR_ERR(vma);
>               vma = NULL;
> @@ -710,7 +776,7 @@ static int do_procmap_query(struct proc_maps_private 
> *priv, void __user *uarg)
>       }
>
>       /* unlock vma or mmap_lock, and put mm_struct before copying data to 
> user */
> -     query_vma_teardown(mm, vma);
> +     query_vma_teardown(&lock_ctx);
>       mmput(mm);
>
>       if (karg.vma_name_size && 
> copy_to_user(u64_to_user_ptr(karg.vma_name_addr),
> @@ -730,7 +796,7 @@ static int do_procmap_query(struct proc_maps_private 
> *priv, void __user *uarg)
>       return 0;
>
>  out:
> -     query_vma_teardown(mm, vma);
> +     query_vma_teardown(&lock_ctx);
>       mmput(mm);
>       kfree(name_buf);
>       return err;
> @@ -743,7 +809,8 @@ static long procfs_procmap_ioctl(struct file *file, 
> unsigned int cmd, unsigned l
>
>       switch (cmd) {
>       case PROCMAP_QUERY:
> -             return do_procmap_query(priv, (void __user *)arg);
> +             /* priv->lock_ctx.mm is set during file open operation */

Thanks!

> +             return do_procmap_query(priv->lock_ctx.mm, (void __user *)arg);
>       default:
>               return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
>       }
> --
> 2.50.1.703.g449372360f-goog
>

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