mmap locking API: initial implementation as rwsem wrappers

2022-07-29T15:14:18Z

[ Upstream commit 9740ca4e95b43b91a4a848694a20d01ba6818f7b ] This patch series adds a new mmap locking API replacing the existing mmap_sem lock and unlocks. Initially the API is just implemente in terms of inlined rwsem calls, so it doesn't provide any new functionality. There are two justifications for the new API: - At first, it provides an easy hooking point to instrument mmap_sem locking latencies independently of any other rwsems. - In the future, it may be a starting point for replacing the rwsem implementation with a different one, such as range locks. This is something that is being explored, even though there is no wide concensus about this possible direction yet. (see https://patchwork.kernel.org/cover/11401483/) This patch (of 12): This change wraps the existing mmap_sem related rwsem calls into a new mmap locking API. There are two justifications for the new API: - At first, it provides an easy hooking point to instrument mmap_sem locking latencies independently of any other rwsems. - In the future, it may be a starting point for replacing the rwsem implementation with a different one, such as range locks. Signed-off-by: Michel Lespinasse Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Reviewed-by: Daniel Jordan Reviewed-by: Davidlohr Bueso Reviewed-by: Laurent Dufour Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Matthew Wilcox Cc: Liam Howlett Cc: Jerome Glisse Cc: David Rientjes Cc: Hugh Dickins Cc: Ying Han Cc: Jason Gunthorpe Cc: John Hubbard Cc: Michel Lespinasse Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200520052908.204642-1-walken@google.com Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200520052908.204642-2-walken@google.com Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

user/sven/linux.git/include/linux/mmap_lock.h, branch v5.4.215

mmap locking API: initial implementation as rwsem wrappers