Re: [PATCH 1/8] mmap locking API: initial implementation as rwsem wrappers

[Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>]

On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 11:06:21AM -0700, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 02:56:44PM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 12:02:29AM -0700, Michel Lespinasse wrote:
> > 
> > > +static inline bool mmap_is_locked(struct mm_struct *mm)
> > > +{
> > > +	return rwsem_is_locked(&mm->mmap_sem) != 0;
> > > +}
> > 
> > I've been wondering if the various VM_BUG(rwsem_is_locked()) would be
> > better as lockdep expressions? Certainly when lockdep is enabled it
> > should be preferred, IMHO.
> > 
> > So, I think if inlines are to be introduced this should be something
> > similar to netdev's ASSERT_RTNL which seems to have worked well.
> > 
> > Maybe ASSERT_MMAP_SEM_READ/WRITE/HELD() and do the VM_BUG or
> > lockdep_is_held as appropriate?
> 
> I'd rather see lockdep_assert_held() used directly rather than have
> a wrapper.  This API includes options to check for it beind explicitly
> held for read/write/any, which should be useful.

... oh, but that requires naming the lock, which we're trying to get
away from.

I guess we need a wrapper, but yes, by all means, let's level it up
to put the VM_BUG_ON inside the wrapper, as that means we can get the
mm dumped everywhere, rather than just the few places that have done
VM_BUG_ON_MM instead of plain VM_BUG_ON.