oprofile: reduce mmap_sem hold for mm->exe_file

sync_buffer() needs the mmap_sem for two distinct operations, both only
occurring upon user context switch handling:

 1) Dealing with the exe_file.

 2) Adding the dcookie data as we need to lookup the vma that
   backs it. This is done via add_sample() and add_data().

This patch isolates 1), for it will no longer need the mmap_sem for
serialization.  However, for now, make of the more standard
get_mm_exe_file(), requiring only holding the mmap_sem to read the value,
and relying on reference counting to make sure that the exe file won't
dissappear underneath us while doing the get dcookie.

As a consequence, for 2) we move the mmap_sem locking into where we really
need it, in lookup_dcookie().  The benefits are twofold: reduce mmap_sem
hold times, and cleaner code.

Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@suse.de>
Cc: Robert Richter <rric@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

diff --git a/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c b/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c
index d93b2b6b1f7a2b3598bb8fcc3bb9ba4d2231e626..82f7000a285d3780229a0ac5d49bac5618176f1d 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c
+++ b/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
  * objects.
  */
 
+#include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
@@ -224,10 +225,18 @@ static inline unsigned long fast_get_dcookie(struct path *path)
 static unsigned long get_exec_dcookie(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
        unsigned long cookie = NO_COOKIE;
+       struct file *exe_file;
 
-       if (mm && mm->exe_file)
-               cookie = fast_get_dcookie(&mm->exe_file->f_path);
+       if (!mm)
+               goto done;
+
+       exe_file = get_mm_exe_file(mm);
+       if (!exe_file)
+               goto done;
 
+       cookie = fast_get_dcookie(&exe_file->f_path);
+       fput(exe_file);
+done:
        return cookie;
 }
 
@@ -236,6 +245,8 @@ static unsigned long get_exec_dcookie(struct mm_struct *mm)
  * pair that can then be added to the global event buffer. We make
  * sure to do this lookup before a mm->mmap modification happens so
  * we don't lose track.
+ *
+ * The caller must ensure the mm is not nil (ie: not a kernel thread).
  */
 static unsigned long
 lookup_dcookie(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, off_t *offset)
@@ -243,6 +254,7 @@ lookup_dcookie(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, off_t *offset)
        unsigned long cookie = NO_COOKIE;
        struct vm_area_struct *vma;
 
+       down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
        for (vma = find_vma(mm, addr); vma; vma = vma->vm_next) {
 
                if (addr < vma->vm_start || addr >= vma->vm_end)
@@ -262,6 +274,7 @@ lookup_dcookie(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, off_t *offset)
 
        if (!vma)
                cookie = INVALID_COOKIE;
+       up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 
        return cookie;
 }
@@ -402,20 +415,9 @@ static void release_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
        if (!mm)
                return;
-       up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
        mmput(mm);
 }
 
-
-static struct mm_struct *take_tasks_mm(struct task_struct *task)
-{
-       struct mm_struct *mm = get_task_mm(task);
-       if (mm)
-               down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
-       return mm;
-}
-
-
 static inline int is_code(unsigned long val)
 {
        return val == ESCAPE_CODE;
@@ -532,7 +534,7 @@ void sync_buffer(int cpu)
                                new = (struct task_struct *)val;
                                oldmm = mm;
                                release_mm(oldmm);
-                               mm = take_tasks_mm(new);
+                               mm = get_task_mm(new);
                                if (mm != oldmm)
                                        cookie = get_exec_dcookie(mm);
                                add_user_ctx_switch(new, cookie);