From: Mostafa Saleh <smostafa@google.com>
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Mostafa Saleh <smostafa@google.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 11/15] fork: Move vmap stack freeing to work queue
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2026 17:41:18 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260928174122.3380703-12-smostafa@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260928174122.3380703-1-smostafa@google.com>
From: David Stevens <stevensd@google.com>
For vmap stacks not immediately released into the stack cache, free them
in a workqueue instead of via call_rcu(). In an RCU context, vfree
already schedules the actual freeing on the per-cpu system workqueue, so
this change only affects when exactly the second attempt to put the
stack into the stack cache occurs.
Moving freeing to a workqueue will allow for freeing partially
populated stacks in a sleepable context (for remove_vm_area),
rather than relying on vfree dispatching to a workqueue via
vfree_atomic.
Signed-off-by: David Stevens <stevensd@google.com>
[Use system_percpu_wq instead of system_wq as it is deprecated and
update commit msg]
Signed-off-by: Mostafa Saleh <smostafa@google.com>
---
kernel/fork.c | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 3f1c46d8f7ec..ca8e68882316 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct vm_struct *, cached_stacks[NR_CACHED_STACKS]);
#define GFP_VMAP_STACK (GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO | __GFP_SKIP_KASAN)
struct vm_stack {
- struct rcu_head rcu;
+ struct rcu_work work;
struct vm_struct *stack_vm_area;
};
@@ -287,9 +287,9 @@ static inline void free_vmap_stack(struct vm_struct *vm_area)
vfree(vm_area->addr);
}
-static void thread_stack_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *rh)
+static void thread_stack_free_work(struct work_struct *work)
{
- struct vm_stack *vm_stack = container_of(rh, struct vm_stack, rcu);
+ struct vm_stack *vm_stack = container_of(to_rcu_work(work), struct vm_stack, work);
struct vm_struct *vm_area = vm_stack->stack_vm_area;
if (try_release_thread_stack_to_cache(vm_stack->stack_vm_area))
@@ -308,7 +308,8 @@ static void thread_stack_delayed_free(struct task_struct *tsk)
vm_stack = tsk->stack + THREAD_SIZE - sizeof(*vm_stack);
vm_stack->stack_vm_area = tsk->stack_vm_area;
- call_rcu(&vm_stack->rcu, thread_stack_free_rcu);
+ INIT_RCU_WORK(&vm_stack->work, thread_stack_free_work);
+ queue_rcu_work(system_percpu_wq, &vm_stack->work);
}
static int free_vm_stack_cache(unsigned int cpu)
--
2.56.0.rc1.315.gc6ed9934b7-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-28 17:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-28 17:41 [RFC PATCH 00/15] arm64: Set kernel stack size from cmdline Mostafa Saleh
2026-09-28 17:41 ` [RFC PATCH 01/15] fork: Remove assumption that vm_area->nr_pages equals to THREAD_SIZE Mostafa Saleh
2026-09-28 17:41 ` [RFC PATCH 02/15] fork: Don't assume fully populated stack during reuse Mostafa Saleh
2026-09-28 17:41 ` [RFC PATCH 03/15] fork: Move vm_stack to the beginning of the stack Mostafa Saleh
2026-09-28 17:41 ` [RFC PATCH 04/15] fork: Separate vmap stack allocation and free calls Mostafa Saleh
2026-09-28 17:41 ` [RFC PATCH 05/15] sched/task_stack: Add helpers for stack high/low Mostafa Saleh
2026-09-28 17:41 ` [RFC PATCH 06/15] exit: Don't assume the kernel stack size Mostafa Saleh
2026-09-28 17:41 ` [RFC PATCH 07/15] usercopy: " Mostafa Saleh
2026-09-28 17:41 ` [RFC PATCH 08/15] mm: kmemleak: " Mostafa Saleh
2026-09-28 17:41 ` [RFC PATCH 09/15] arm64: " Mostafa Saleh
2026-09-28 17:41 ` [RFC PATCH 10/15] mm/vmalloc: Add a get_vm_area_node() Mostafa Saleh
2026-09-28 17:41 ` Mostafa Saleh [this message]
2026-09-28 17:41 ` [RFC PATCH 12/15] sched/task_stack: Introduce ARCH_HAS_VARIABLE_STACK_SIZE Mostafa Saleh
2026-09-28 20:37 ` Randy Dunlap
2026-09-29 10:27 ` Mostafa Saleh
2026-09-28 17:41 ` [RFC PATCH 13/15] fork: Implement partial VMAP stack allocation Mostafa Saleh
2026-09-28 17:41 ` [RFC PATCH 14/15] arm64: mm: Relax kernel stack alignment Mostafa Saleh
2026-09-28 17:41 ` [RFC PATCH 15/15] arm64: mm: Set stack size from the kernel command line Mostafa Saleh
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