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| From | Laurent Dufour <ldufour@linux.vnet.ibm.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | [RFC v2 10/10] mm: Introduce CONFIG_MEM_RANGE_LOCK |
| Date | 2017-05-24 13:30 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <tKCEj-1Hm-41@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <tKCEh-1Hm-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
A new configuration variable is introduced to activate the use of range lock instead of semaphore to protect per process memory layout. This range lock is replacing the use of a semaphore for mmap_sem. Currently only available for X86_64 and PPC64 architectures. By default this option is turned off and requires the EXPERT mode since it is not yet complete. Signed-off-by: Laurent Dufour <ldufour@linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- mm/Kconfig | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig index beb7a455915d..955d9a735a49 100644 --- a/mm/Kconfig +++ b/mm/Kconfig @@ -309,6 +309,18 @@ config NEED_BOUNCE_POOL bool default y if TILE && USB_OHCI_HCD +config MEM_RANGE_LOCK + bool "Use range lock for process's memory layout" + default n + depends on EXPERT + depends on MMU + depends on X86_64 || PPC64 + help + Use range lock instead of traditional semaphore to protect per + process memory layout. This is required when dealing with massive + threaded process on very large system (more than 80 cpu threads). + If unsure say n. + config NR_QUICK int depends on QUICKLIST -- 2.7.4
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[RFC v2 00/10] Replace mmap_sem by a range lock Laurent Dufour <ldufour@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2017-05-24 13:30 +0200 [RFC v2 06/10] mm: Add a range lock parameter to lock_page_or_retry() Laurent Dufour <ldufour@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2017-05-24 13:30 +0200 [RFC v2 03/10] mm: Add a range parameter to the vm_fault structure Laurent Dufour <ldufour@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2017-05-24 13:30 +0200 [RFC v2 02/10] mm: Remove nest locking operation with mmap_sem Laurent Dufour <ldufour@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2017-05-24 13:30 +0200 [RFC v2 04/10] mm: Handle range lock field when collapsing huge pages Laurent Dufour <ldufour@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2017-05-24 13:30 +0200 [RFC v2 08/10] mm: Define mem range lock operations Laurent Dufour <ldufour@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2017-05-24 13:30 +0200 [RFC v2 07/10] mm: Add a range lock parameter to GUP() and handle_page_fault() Laurent Dufour <ldufour@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2017-05-24 13:30 +0200 [RFC v2 05/10] mm: Add a range lock parameter to userfaultfd_remove() Laurent Dufour <ldufour@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2017-05-24 13:30 +0200 [RFC v2 01/10] mm: Deactivate mmap_sem assert Laurent Dufour <ldufour@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2017-05-24 13:30 +0200 [RFC v2 10/10] mm: Introduce CONFIG_MEM_RANGE_LOCK Laurent Dufour <ldufour@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2017-05-24 13:30 +0200
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