From: Mostafa Saleh <smostafa@google.com>
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Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>,
David Stevens <stevensd@google.com>,
Mostafa Saleh <smostafa@google.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 04/15] fork: Separate vmap stack allocation and free calls
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2026 17:41:11 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260928174122.3380703-5-smostafa@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260928174122.3380703-1-smostafa@google.com>
From: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
In preparation for the partially populated stacks, separate out the
__vmalloc_node and vfree calls from the vmap based stack allocations.
Signed-off-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
[Fix a bug in original patch: free_vmap_stack(vm_area->addr)]
Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
[Add missing free_vmap_stack conversion, fix typos, rebase]
Signed-off-by: David Stevens <stevensd@google.com>
[Resolved conflict in alloc_thread_stack_node(), update commit msg]
Signed-off-by: Mostafa Saleh <smostafa@google.com>
---
kernel/fork.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 473878d7f62f..3f1c46d8f7ec 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -272,6 +272,21 @@ static bool try_release_thread_stack_to_cache(struct vm_struct *vm_area)
return false;
}
+static inline struct vm_struct *alloc_vmap_stack(int node)
+{
+ void *stack;
+
+ stack = __vmalloc_node(THREAD_SIZE, THREAD_ALIGN, GFP_VMAP_STACK,
+ node, __builtin_return_address(0));
+
+ return stack ? find_vm_area(stack) : NULL;
+}
+
+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)
{
struct vm_stack *vm_stack = container_of(rh, struct vm_stack, rcu);
@@ -280,7 +295,7 @@ static void thread_stack_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *rh)
if (try_release_thread_stack_to_cache(vm_stack->stack_vm_area))
return;
- vfree(vm_area->addr);
+ free_vmap_stack(vm_area);
}
static void thread_stack_delayed_free(struct task_struct *tsk)
@@ -307,7 +322,7 @@ static int free_vm_stack_cache(unsigned int cpu)
if (!vm_area)
continue;
- vfree(vm_area->addr);
+ free_vmap_stack(vm_area);
cached_vm_stack_areas[i] = NULL;
}
@@ -336,14 +351,14 @@ static int memcg_charge_kernel_stack(struct vm_struct *vm_area)
static int alloc_thread_stack_node(struct task_struct *tsk, int node)
{
struct vm_struct *vm_area;
- void *stack;
vm_area = alloc_thread_stack_node_from_cache(tsk, node);
if (vm_area) {
unsigned long offset = 0;
+ void *stack;
if (memcg_charge_kernel_stack(vm_area)) {
- vfree(vm_area->addr);
+ free_vmap_stack(vm_area);
return -ENOMEM;
}
@@ -364,15 +379,12 @@ static int alloc_thread_stack_node(struct task_struct *tsk, int node)
return 0;
}
- stack = __vmalloc_node(THREAD_SIZE, THREAD_ALIGN,
- GFP_VMAP_STACK,
- node, __builtin_return_address(0));
- if (!stack)
+ vm_area = alloc_vmap_stack(node);
+ if (!vm_area)
return -ENOMEM;
- vm_area = find_vm_area(stack);
if (memcg_charge_kernel_stack(vm_area)) {
- vfree(stack);
+ free_vmap_stack(vm_area);
return -ENOMEM;
}
/*
@@ -381,8 +393,7 @@ static int alloc_thread_stack_node(struct task_struct *tsk, int node)
* so cache the vm_struct.
*/
tsk->stack_vm_area = vm_area;
- stack = kasan_reset_tag(stack);
- tsk->stack = stack;
+ tsk->stack = kasan_reset_tag(vm_area->addr);
return 0;
}
--
2.56.0.rc1.315.gc6ed9934b7-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-28 17:41 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 ` Mostafa Saleh [this message]
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 ` [RFC PATCH 11/15] fork: Move vmap stack freeing to work queue Mostafa Saleh
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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