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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/rmap.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/rmap.c | 42 |
1 files changed, 41 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ static inline struct anon_vma *anon_vma_alloc(void) anon_vma = kmem_cache_alloc(anon_vma_cachep, GFP_KERNEL); if (anon_vma) { atomic_set(&anon_vma->refcount, 1); + anon_vma->degree = 1; /* Reference for first vma */ + anon_vma->parent = anon_vma; /* * Initialise the anon_vma root to point to itself. If called * from fork, the root will be reset to the parents anon_vma. @@ -188,6 +190,8 @@ int anon_vma_prepare(struct vm_area_struct *vma) if (likely(!vma->anon_vma)) { vma->anon_vma = anon_vma; anon_vma_chain_link(vma, avc, anon_vma); + /* vma reference or self-parent link for new root */ + anon_vma->degree++; allocated = NULL; avc = NULL; } @@ -236,6 +240,14 @@ static inline void unlock_anon_vma_root(struct anon_vma *root) /* * Attach the anon_vmas from src to dst. * Returns 0 on success, -ENOMEM on failure. + * + * If dst->anon_vma is NULL this function tries to find and reuse existing + * anon_vma which has no vmas and only one child anon_vma. This prevents + * degradation of anon_vma hierarchy to endless linear chain in case of + * constantly forking task. On the other hand, an anon_vma with more than one + * child isn't reused even if there was no alive vma, thus rmap walker has a + * good chance of avoiding scanning the whole hierarchy when it searches where + * page is mapped. */ int anon_vma_clone(struct vm_area_struct *dst, struct vm_area_struct *src) { @@ -256,7 +268,21 @@ int anon_vma_clone(struct vm_area_struct *dst, struct vm_area_struct *src) anon_vma = pavc->anon_vma; root = lock_anon_vma_root(root, anon_vma); anon_vma_chain_link(dst, avc, anon_vma); + + /* + * Reuse existing anon_vma if its degree lower than two, + * that means it has no vma and only one anon_vma child. + * + * Do not chose parent anon_vma, otherwise first child + * will always reuse it. Root anon_vma is never reused: + * it has self-parent reference and at least one child. + */ + if (!dst->anon_vma && anon_vma != src->anon_vma && + anon_vma->degree < 2) + dst->anon_vma = anon_vma; } + if (dst->anon_vma) + dst->anon_vma->degree++; unlock_anon_vma_root(root); return 0; @@ -280,6 +306,9 @@ int anon_vma_fork(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_area_struct *pvma) if (!pvma->anon_vma) return 0; + /* Drop inherited anon_vma, we'll reuse existing or allocate new. */ + vma->anon_vma = NULL; + /* * First, attach the new VMA to the parent VMA's anon_vmas, * so rmap can find non-COWed pages in child processes. @@ -288,6 +317,10 @@ int anon_vma_fork(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_area_struct *pvma) if (error) return error; + /* An existing anon_vma has been reused, all done then. */ + if (vma->anon_vma) + return 0; + /* Then add our own anon_vma. */ anon_vma = anon_vma_alloc(); if (!anon_vma) @@ -301,6 +334,7 @@ int anon_vma_fork(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_area_struct *pvma) * lock any of the anon_vmas in this anon_vma tree. */ anon_vma->root = pvma->anon_vma->root; + anon_vma->parent = pvma->anon_vma; /* * With refcounts, an anon_vma can stay around longer than the * process it belongs to. The root anon_vma needs to be pinned until @@ -311,6 +345,7 @@ int anon_vma_fork(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_area_struct *pvma) vma->anon_vma = anon_vma; anon_vma_lock_write(anon_vma); anon_vma_chain_link(vma, avc, anon_vma); + anon_vma->parent->degree++; anon_vma_unlock_write(anon_vma); return 0; @@ -341,12 +376,16 @@ void unlink_anon_vmas(struct vm_area_struct *vma) * Leave empty anon_vmas on the list - we'll need * to free them outside the lock. */ - if (RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&anon_vma->rb_root)) + if (RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&anon_vma->rb_root)) { + anon_vma->parent->degree--; continue; + } list_del(&avc->same_vma); anon_vma_chain_free(avc); } + if (vma->anon_vma) + vma->anon_vma->degree--; unlock_anon_vma_root(root); /* @@ -357,6 +396,7 @@ void unlink_anon_vmas(struct vm_area_struct *vma) list_for_each_entry_safe(avc, next, &vma->anon_vma_chain, same_vma) { struct anon_vma *anon_vma = avc->anon_vma; + BUG_ON(anon_vma->degree); put_anon_vma(anon_vma); list_del(&avc->same_vma); |
