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From: "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	 Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
	 "Liam R. Howlett" <liam@infradead.org>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>,
	 Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>
Cc: ljs@kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] mm: only assert mmap locks if CONFIG_DEBUG_VM or lockdep is set
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2026 16:57:43 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261110-tame-vma-asserts-v1-1-be293ff499a7@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261110-tame-vma-asserts-v1-0-be293ff499a7@kernel.org>

For a long while we have asserted the mmap lock being held regardless of
whether or not the kernel is a debug build or not.

In general, given that these have been added as programmatic asserts that
nobody did something stupid, production kernels are simply wasting their
time checking for this.

It also means there is a two tier system - where some programmatic
asserts (e.g. VM_WARN_ON_ONCE()-checked conditions) are only checked for if
CONFIG_DEBUG_VM is enabled, whereas others are checked unconditionally.

If we genuinely want to unconditionally check for the mmap lock being held
at runtime, then that should be made clear in the code doing it.

Regardless, if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is enabled, ensure that the lockdep
assertions are performed.

Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
---
 include/linux/mmap_lock.h | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mmap_lock.h b/include/linux/mmap_lock.h
index 9c3a9c6525c1..9367430ee53c 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmap_lock.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmap_lock.h
@@ -75,12 +75,14 @@ static inline void __mmap_lock_trace_released(struct mm_struct *mm, bool write)
 
 static inline void mmap_assert_locked(const struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
-	rwsem_assert_held(&mm->mmap_lock);
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_VM) || IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_LOCKDEP))
+		rwsem_assert_held(&mm->mmap_lock);
 }
 
 static inline void mmap_assert_write_locked(const struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
-	rwsem_assert_held_write(&mm->mmap_lock);
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_VM) || IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_LOCKDEP))
+		rwsem_assert_held_write(&mm->mmap_lock);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP

-- 
2.56.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-11-10 16:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-10 16:57 [PATCH 0/3] mm: only assert mmap and VMA locks if CONFIG_DEBUG_VM " Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-11-10 16:57 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) [this message]
2026-11-10 16:57 ` [PATCH 2/3] mm: only assert " Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-11-10 16:57 ` [PATCH 3/3] mm: convert WARN_ON_ONCE()'s to VM_WARN_ON_ONCE() in VMA lock code Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)

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