/*
* If for any reason at all we couldn't handle the fault,
* make sure we exit gracefully rather than endlessly redo
- * the fault:
+ * the fault. Since we never set FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT, if
+ * we get VM_FAULT_RETRY back, the mmap_sem has been unlocked.
*/
fault = handle_mm_fault(mm, vma, address, flags);
/*
* lock_page_or_retry - Lock the page, unless this would block and the
* caller indicated that it can handle a retry.
+ *
+ * Return value and mmap_sem implications depend on flags; see
+ * __lock_page_or_retry().
*/
static inline int lock_page_or_retry(struct page *page, struct mm_struct *mm,
unsigned int flags)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__lock_page_killable);
+/*
+ * Return values:
+ * 1 - page is locked; mmap_sem is still held.
+ * 0 - page is not locked.
+ * mmap_sem has been released (up_read()), unless flags had both
+ * FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY and FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT set, in
+ * which case mmap_sem is still held.
+ *
+ * If neither ALLOW_RETRY nor KILLABLE are set, will always return 1
+ * with the page locked and the mmap_sem unperturbed.
+ */
int __lock_page_or_retry(struct page *page, struct mm_struct *mm,
unsigned int flags)
{
* The goto's are kind of ugly, but this streamlines the normal case of having
* it in the page cache, and handles the special cases reasonably without
* having a lot of duplicated code.
+ *
+ * vma->vm_mm->mmap_sem must be held on entry.
+ *
+ * If our return value has VM_FAULT_RETRY set, it's because
+ * lock_page_or_retry() returned 0.
+ * The mmap_sem has usually been released in this case.
+ * See __lock_page_or_retry() for the exception.
+ *
+ * If our return value does not have VM_FAULT_RETRY set, the mmap_sem
+ * has not been released.
+ *
+ * We never return with VM_FAULT_RETRY and a bit from VM_FAULT_ERROR set.
*/
int filemap_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
{
return ret;
}
+/*
+ * mmap_sem must be held on entry. If @nonblocking != NULL and
+ * *@flags does not include FOLL_NOWAIT, the mmap_sem may be released.
+ * If it is, *@nonblocking will be set to 0 and -EBUSY returned.
+ */
static int faultin_page(struct task_struct *tsk, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long address, unsigned int *flags, int *nonblocking)
{
* with a put_page() call when it is finished with. vmas will only
* remain valid while mmap_sem is held.
*
- * Must be called with mmap_sem held for read or write.
+ * Must be called with mmap_sem held. It may be released. See below.
*
* __get_user_pages walks a process's page tables and takes a reference to
* each struct page that each user address corresponds to at a given
*
* If @nonblocking != NULL, __get_user_pages will not wait for disk IO
* or mmap_sem contention, and if waiting is needed to pin all pages,
- * *@nonblocking will be set to 0.
+ * *@nonblocking will be set to 0. Further, if @gup_flags does not
+ * include FOLL_NOWAIT, the mmap_sem will be released via up_read() in
+ * this case.
+ *
+ * A caller using such a combination of @nonblocking and @gup_flags
+ * must therefore hold the mmap_sem for reading only, and recognize
+ * when it's been released. Otherwise, it must be held for either
+ * reading or writing and will not be released.
*
* In most cases, get_user_pages or get_user_pages_fast should be used
* instead of __get_user_pages. __get_user_pages should be used only if
* such architectures, gup() will not be enough to make a subsequent access
* succeed.
*
- * This should be called with the mm_sem held for read.
+ * This has the same semantics wrt the @mm->mmap_sem as does filemap_fault().
*/
int fixup_user_fault(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
unsigned long address, unsigned int fault_flags)
/*
* We enter with non-exclusive mmap_sem (to exclude vma changes,
* but allow concurrent faults), and pte mapped but not yet locked.
- * We return with mmap_sem still held, but pte unmapped and unlocked.
+ * We return with pte unmapped and unlocked.
+ *
+ * We return with the mmap_sem locked or unlocked in the same cases
+ * as does filemap_fault().
*/
static int do_swap_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long address, pte_t *page_table, pmd_t *pmd,
return VM_FAULT_OOM;
}
+/*
+ * The mmap_sem must have been held on entry, and may have been
+ * released depending on flags and vma->vm_ops->fault() return value.
+ * See filemap_fault() and __lock_page_retry().
+ */
static int __do_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
pgoff_t pgoff, unsigned int flags, struct page **page)
{
return ret;
}
+/*
+ * We enter with non-exclusive mmap_sem (to exclude vma changes,
+ * but allow concurrent faults).
+ * The mmap_sem may have been released depending on flags and our
+ * return value. See filemap_fault() and __lock_page_or_retry().
+ */
static int do_linear_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long address, pte_t *page_table, pmd_t *pmd,
unsigned int flags, pte_t orig_pte)
*
* We enter with non-exclusive mmap_sem (to exclude vma changes,
* but allow concurrent faults), and pte mapped but not yet locked.
- * We return with mmap_sem still held, but pte unmapped and unlocked.
+ * We return with pte unmapped and unlocked.
+ * The mmap_sem may have been released depending on flags and our
+ * return value. See filemap_fault() and __lock_page_or_retry().
*/
static int do_nonlinear_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long address, pte_t *page_table, pmd_t *pmd,
*
* We enter with non-exclusive mmap_sem (to exclude vma changes,
* but allow concurrent faults), and pte mapped but not yet locked.
- * We return with mmap_sem still held, but pte unmapped and unlocked.
+ * We return with pte unmapped and unlocked.
+ *
+ * The mmap_sem may have been released depending on flags and our
+ * return value. See filemap_fault() and __lock_page_or_retry().
*/
static int handle_pte_fault(struct mm_struct *mm,
struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
/*
* By the time we get here, we already hold the mm semaphore
+ *
+ * The mmap_sem may have been released depending on flags and our
+ * return value. See filemap_fault() and __lock_page_or_retry().
*/
static int __handle_mm_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long address, unsigned int flags)
return handle_pte_fault(mm, vma, address, pte, pmd, flags);
}
+/*
+ * By the time we get here, we already hold the mm semaphore
+ *
+ * The mmap_sem may have been released depending on flags and our
+ * return value. See filemap_fault() and __lock_page_or_retry().
+ */
int handle_mm_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long address, unsigned int flags)
{
* @vma: target vma
* @start: start address
* @end: end address
+ * @nonblocking:
*
* This takes care of making the pages present too.
*
* return 0 on success, negative error code on error.
*
- * vma->vm_mm->mmap_sem must be held for at least read.
+ * vma->vm_mm->mmap_sem must be held.
+ *
+ * If @nonblocking is NULL, it may be held for read or write and will
+ * be unperturbed.
+ *
+ * If @nonblocking is non-NULL, it must held for read only and may be
+ * released. If it's released, *@nonblocking will be set to 0.
*/
long __mlock_vma_pages_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int *nonblocking)
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