From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 708AE4D9F99 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 2026 15:10:21 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1790608222; cv=none; b=MI+yLdkx+aX7XVlmPlKV2N30v50i90fwyhPZu+F4ssPthRpLvXWuE9rnL82vh+GXvbqhE4VMyLG2nuFpuiRhCC0hKaQrDPJQDEW5oFNHrMHILPO3fUzKKS6k+SGPZnbYjzYZr49PoQVQ+Phe2QfI50Kfj5ESas9wXLM80YroSJk= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1790608222; c=relaxed/simple; bh=GE16D6hvtjUBDzIMQ+P9JO9QBHc5KYWprm7KVq95m40=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=hUVQAEePQTuOBUzZgXsarPC65oB4gWTnkP5/vOsV8g16c6XHKe3NXwKZB8LYyRol6XSNbEK8OcXivamWqLK5kVmDi+e8D5P4ceEfSAzQUveg9WsWWoJ1v1k9mJk21Jm7G1C1KOUtD/DxKvemZ1IOTYN+4TaLsnR7NIOjkm7OO0c= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=lGo4Tp9F; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="lGo4Tp9F" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A77C11F000FF; Mon, 28 Sep 2026 15:10:17 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1790608221; bh=K+Lpc48c0OWZCSnpgp7hxgg6GPXtxYE50L2BN0lmMfs=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=lGo4Tp9FRGlvUVgLuT933IuIuniLtK6YyRajun0S12ByxMSIGvn3Y528MrZ6ZzmT1 ru3irFQZNTKqaskfnY44uqGkdSsrR1omdJaLlvHmFeGlHhcwv3CNzzTKKSEIHux+PW b1aNLexHeozx2XB1wg47Pvdv7AanTr925NDQj5qVkfCIcQXIL89TcwChgO2fjJiijx YaQ8rZbd5YrNy7IfwIcm2myxcLbIzAM03STKAmum//mFxTPr7vXaP5NM4fgRnE5iy9 ci/J1izZZMHI+tLq8bg9EsoAVmOWTYCYw9SVeQvE9XqRV+wB23+UYZq8bmry46Gbu7 iiwY8RSTHYGyw== Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2026 16:10:15 +0100 From: "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" To: Andrew Morton , David Hildenbrand , "Liam R. Howlett" , Vlastimil Babka , Mike Rapoport , Suren Baghdasaryan , Michal Hocko , Rik van Riel , Harry Yoo , Jann Horn , Lance Yang , Pedro Falcato Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Pan Deng Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/vma: don't remove VMA from rmap if pgoff unchanged Message-ID: References: <20260925-speed-up-inplace-rmap-v1-1-babc48ce7c83@kernel.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20260925-speed-up-inplace-rmap-v1-1-babc48ce7c83@kernel.org> On Fri, Sep 25, 2026 at 07:32:20PM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) wrote: > When updating a VMA, vma_prepare() unconditionally removes it from its rmap > interval trees under the rmap lock, and vma_complete() reinserts it before > releasing the lock. > > This is wholly unnecessary if its page offset (file rmap) or anonymous page > offset (anon rmap) is unchanged. > > So, track whether they will change in the newly introduced > vp->anon_pgoff_unchanged and vp->pgoff_unchanged fields, and use them to > determine whether to remove the VMA or not. > > The rmap lock keeps things safe as no rmap walks can concurrently occur > during the operation. > > Additionally, some architectures (arm, parisc, nios2, csky) have dcache > flush rmap walkers which take only flush_dcache_mmap_lock(), which is > likewise held across the operation. > > It's also necessary to keep the rb_subtree_last field updated in the > interval tree so implement anon_rmap_tree_update_inplace() and > mapping_rmap_tree_update_inplace() to do that. > > This is done in vma_complete(), after the VMA's range has been updated, so > in the interim the field may be invalid. However, given the locks described > above, this cannot be observed until after the state is corrected. > > The anonymous rmap is keyed on anon_vma_chains not VMAs, so in those > instances anon_rmap_tree_update_vma_inplace() iterates over > vma->anon_vma_chain, invoking anon_rmap_tree_update_inplace() on each one. > > For the anon rmap case, with CONFIG_DEBUG_VM_RB set, avc->cached_vma_last > is also updated in anon_rmap_tree_update_inplace(). > > When performing a VMA shrink or a split where the VMA is the lower one, the > page offset cannot change, so set the flags unconditionally in these cases. > > When merging VMAs the page offset is unchanged only in some cases, so > update init_multi_vma_prep() to set the flags only if the page offsets > remain the same. > > These changes ultimately result in less rmap lock contention. > > Reported-by: Pan Deng > Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20260924054301.2330822-1-pan.deng@intel.com/ Andrew - Can you switch these 2 tags to: Suggested-by: Pan Deng Please, thanks! :) > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes > --- > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) > --- > include/linux/mm.h | 3 +++ > mm/interval_tree.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > mm/vma.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----- > mm/vma.h | 2 ++ > tools/testing/vma/include/stubs.h | 8 ++++++++ > 5 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h > index 6e71eaa4af3f..94c2eb055716 100644 > --- a/include/linux/mm.h > +++ b/include/linux/mm.h > @@ -4357,6 +4357,8 @@ void mapping_rmap_tree_insert_after(struct vm_area_struct *vma, > struct address_space *mapping); > void mapping_rmap_tree_remove(struct vm_area_struct *vma, > struct address_space *mapping); > +void mapping_rmap_tree_update_inplace(struct vm_area_struct *vma); > + > struct vm_area_struct * > mapping_rmap_tree_iter_first(struct address_space *mapping, > pgoff_t pgoff_start, pgoff_t pgoff_last); > @@ -4374,6 +4376,7 @@ void anon_rmap_tree_insert(struct anon_vma_chain *avc, > struct anon_vma *anon_vma); > void anon_rmap_tree_remove(struct anon_vma_chain *avc, > struct anon_vma *anon_vma); > +void anon_rmap_tree_update_inplace(struct anon_vma_chain *avc); > struct anon_vma_chain * > anon_rmap_tree_iter_first(struct anon_vma *anon_vma, > pgoff_t pgoff_start, pgoff_t pgoff_last); > diff --git a/mm/interval_tree.c b/mm/interval_tree.c > index 7bbbf15cfbf0..eafde5d12ef5 100644 > --- a/mm/interval_tree.c > +++ b/mm/interval_tree.c > @@ -64,6 +64,21 @@ void mapping_rmap_tree_remove(struct vm_area_struct *vma, > __mapping_rmap_tree_remove(vma, &mapping->i_mmap); > } > > +/** > + * mapping_rmap_tree_update_inplace() - Update file rmap tree to reflect an > + * in-place change in a VMA's size. > + * @vma: The VMA whose size has changed. > + * > + * The file rmap lock must be held. > + * > + * Invalid to do so if @vma->vm_pgoff has changed. > + */ > +void mapping_rmap_tree_update_inplace(struct vm_area_struct *vma) > +{ > + /* Propagate all the way up the tree. */ > + __mapping_rmap_tree_augment.propagate(&vma->shared.rb, NULL); > +} > + > struct vm_area_struct * > mapping_rmap_tree_iter_first(struct address_space *mapping, > pgoff_t pgoff_start, pgoff_t pgoff_last) > @@ -111,6 +126,24 @@ void anon_rmap_tree_remove(struct anon_vma_chain *avc, > __anon_rmap_tree_remove(avc, &anon_vma->rb_root); > } > > +/** > + * anon_rmap_tree_update_inplace() - Update anon rmap tree to reflect an > + * in-place change in the size of @avc's VMA. > + * @avc: The anon_vma_chain whose VMA's size has changed. > + * > + * The anon rmap root lock must be held. > + * > + * Invalid to do so if the VMA's anonymous pgoff has changed. > + */ > +void anon_rmap_tree_update_inplace(struct anon_vma_chain *avc) > +{ > +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM_RB > + avc->cached_vma_last = avc_last_pgoff(avc); > +#endif > + /* Propagate all the way up the tree. */ > + __anon_rmap_tree_augment.propagate(&avc->rb, NULL); > +} > + > struct anon_vma_chain * > anon_rmap_tree_iter_first(struct anon_vma *anon_vma, > pgoff_t pgoff_start, pgoff_t pgoff_last) > diff --git a/mm/vma.c b/mm/vma.c > index 077e23694143..8b333ec0c958 100644 > --- a/mm/vma.c > +++ b/mm/vma.c > @@ -201,8 +201,15 @@ static void init_multi_vma_prep(struct vma_prepare *vp, > if (vp->file) > vp->mapping = vma->vm_file->f_mapping; > > - if (vmg && vmg->skip_vma_uprobe) > + if (!vmg) > + return; > + > + if (vmg->skip_vma_uprobe) > vp->skip_vma_uprobe = true; > + if (vma_start_pgoff(vma) == vmg_start_pgoff(vmg)) > + vp->pgoff_unchanged = true; > + if (vma_start_anon_pgoff(vma) == vmg_start_anon_pgoff(vmg)) > + vp->anon_pgoff_unchanged = true; > } > > /* > @@ -331,6 +338,15 @@ anon_rmap_tree_post_update_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma) > anon_rmap_tree_insert(avc, avc->anon_vma); > } > > +static void > +anon_rmap_tree_update_vma_inplace(struct vm_area_struct *vma) > +{ > + struct anon_vma_chain *avc; > + > + list_for_each_entry(avc, &vma->anon_vma_chain, same_vma) > + anon_rmap_tree_update_inplace(avc); > +} > + > /* > * vma_prepare() - Helper function for handling locking VMAs prior to altering > * @vp: The initialized vma_prepare struct > @@ -359,14 +375,16 @@ static void vma_prepare(struct vma_prepare *vp) > > if (vp->anon_vma) { > anon_vma_lock_write(vp->anon_vma); > - anon_rmap_tree_pre_update_vma(vp->vma); > + if (!vp->anon_pgoff_unchanged) > + anon_rmap_tree_pre_update_vma(vp->vma); > if (vp->adj_next) > anon_rmap_tree_pre_update_vma(vp->adj_next); > } > > if (vp->file) { > flush_dcache_mmap_lock(vp->mapping); > - mapping_rmap_tree_remove(vp->vma, vp->mapping); > + if (!vp->pgoff_unchanged) > + mapping_rmap_tree_remove(vp->vma, vp->mapping); > if (vp->adj_next) > mapping_rmap_tree_remove(vp->adj_next, vp->mapping); > } > @@ -387,7 +405,11 @@ static void vma_complete(struct vma_prepare *vp, struct vma_iterator *vmi, > if (vp->file) { > if (vp->adj_next) > mapping_rmap_tree_insert(vp->adj_next, vp->mapping); > - mapping_rmap_tree_insert(vp->vma, vp->mapping); > + /* Need only propagate the change inplace. */ > + if (vp->pgoff_unchanged) > + mapping_rmap_tree_update_inplace(vp->vma); > + else > + mapping_rmap_tree_insert(vp->vma, vp->mapping); > flush_dcache_mmap_unlock(vp->mapping); > } > > @@ -406,7 +428,11 @@ static void vma_complete(struct vma_prepare *vp, struct vma_iterator *vmi, > } > > if (vp->anon_vma) { > - anon_rmap_tree_post_update_vma(vp->vma); > + /* Need only propagate the change inplace. */ > + if (vp->anon_pgoff_unchanged) > + anon_rmap_tree_update_vma_inplace(vp->vma); > + else > + anon_rmap_tree_post_update_vma(vp->vma); > if (vp->adj_next) > anon_rmap_tree_post_update_vma(vp->adj_next); > anon_vma_unlock_write(vp->anon_vma); > @@ -593,6 +619,8 @@ __split_vma(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct vm_area_struct *vma, > > init_vma_prep(&vp, vma); > vp.insert = new; > + vp.pgoff_unchanged = !new_below; > + vp.anon_pgoff_unchanged = !new_below; > vma_prepare(&vp); > > /* > @@ -1346,6 +1374,8 @@ int vma_shrink(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct vm_area_struct *vma, > vma_start_write(vma); > > init_vma_prep(&vp, vma); > + vp.pgoff_unchanged = true; > + vp.anon_pgoff_unchanged = true; > vma_prepare(&vp); > vma_adjust_trans_huge(vma, vma->vm_start, end, NULL); > > diff --git a/mm/vma.h b/mm/vma.h > index 7a683272c0a8..336b4ced82c9 100644 > --- a/mm/vma.h > +++ b/mm/vma.h > @@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ struct vma_prepare { > struct vm_area_struct *remove2; > > bool skip_vma_uprobe :1; > + bool pgoff_unchanged :1; > + bool anon_pgoff_unchanged :1; > }; > > struct unlink_vma_file_batch { > diff --git a/tools/testing/vma/include/stubs.h b/tools/testing/vma/include/stubs.h > index e4acc6f1fe7b..f0a69393c02a 100644 > --- a/tools/testing/vma/include/stubs.h > +++ b/tools/testing/vma/include/stubs.h > @@ -267,6 +267,10 @@ static inline void mapping_rmap_tree_remove(struct vm_area_struct *vma, > { > } > > +static inline void mapping_rmap_tree_update_inplace(struct vm_area_struct *vma) > +{ > +} > + > static inline void flush_dcache_mmap_unlock(struct address_space *mapping) > { > } > @@ -281,6 +285,10 @@ static inline void anon_rmap_tree_remove(struct anon_vma_chain *avc, > { > } > > +static inline void anon_rmap_tree_update_inplace(struct anon_vma_chain *avc) > +{ > +} > + > static inline void uprobe_mmap(struct vm_area_struct *vma) > { > } > > --- > base-commit: e8d0f6a1b2a447d02845984fa6288787543cb03c > change-id: 20260925-speed-up-inplace-rmap-808fbb3848f5 > > Best regards, > -- > Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) > -- Cheers, Lorenzo