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Ever since commit 8d7071af8907 ("mm: always expand the stack with the mmap
write lock held") we have been expanding the stack with the mmap write
lock held.
This is true in all code paths:
get_arg_page()
-> expand_downwards()
setup_arg_pages()
-> expand_stack_locked()
-> expand_downwards() / expand_upwards()
lock_mm_and_find_vma()
-> expand_stack_locked()
-> expand_downwards() / expand_upwards()
create_elf_tables()
-> find_extend_vma_locked()
-> expand_stack_locked()
expand_stack()
-> vma_expand_down()
-> expand_downwards()
expand_stack()
-> vma_expand_up()
-> expand_upwards()
Each of which acquire the mmap write lock before doing so. Despite this,
we maintain code that acquires a page table lock in the expand_upwards()
and expand_downwards() code, stating that we hold a shared mmap lock and
thus this is necessary.
It is not, we do not have to worry about concurrent VMA expansions so we
can simply drop this, and update comments accordingly.
We do not even need be concerned with racing page faults, as
vma_start_write() is invoked in both cases.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20241101184627.131391-1-lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@Oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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