+ mm-migrate-avoid-possible-unnecessary-process-right-check-in-kernel_move_pages.patch added to -mm tree

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

The patch titled
     Subject: mm/migrate: avoid possible unnecessary process right check in kernel_move_pages()
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     mm-migrate-avoid-possible-unnecessary-process-right-check-in-kernel_move_pages.patch

This patch should soon appear at
    https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-migrate-avoid-possible-unnecessary-process-right-check-in-kernel_move_pages.patch
and later at
    https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-migrate-avoid-possible-unnecessary-process-right-check-in-kernel_move_pages.patch

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From: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com>
Subject: mm/migrate: avoid possible unnecessary process right check in kernel_move_pages()

There is no need to check if this process has the right to modify the
specified process when they are same.  And we could also skip the security
hook call if a process is modifying its own pages.  Add helper function to
handle these.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200819083331.19012-1-linmiaohe@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Hongxiang Lou <louhongxiang@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com>
Suggested-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Christopher Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 mm/migrate.c |   71 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

--- a/mm/migrate.c~mm-migrate-avoid-possible-unnecessary-process-right-check-in-kernel_move_pages
+++ a/mm/migrate.c
@@ -1864,33 +1864,27 @@ static int do_pages_stat(struct mm_struc
 	return nr_pages ? -EFAULT : 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * Move a list of pages in the address space of the currently executing
- * process.
- */
-static int kernel_move_pages(pid_t pid, unsigned long nr_pages,
-			     const void __user * __user *pages,
-			     const int __user *nodes,
-			     int __user *status, int flags)
+static struct mm_struct *find_mm_struct(pid_t pid, nodemask_t *mem_nodes)
 {
 	struct task_struct *task;
 	struct mm_struct *mm;
-	int err;
-	nodemask_t task_nodes;
-
-	/* Check flags */
-	if (flags & ~(MPOL_MF_MOVE|MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL))
-		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if ((flags & MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL) && !capable(CAP_SYS_NICE))
-		return -EPERM;
+	/*
+	 * There is no need to check if current process has the right to modify
+	 * the specified process when they are same.
+	 */
+	if (!pid) {
+		mmget(current->mm);
+		*mem_nodes = cpuset_mems_allowed(current);
+		return current->mm;
+	}
 
 	/* Find the mm_struct */
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	task = pid ? find_task_by_vpid(pid) : current;
+	task = find_task_by_vpid(pid);
 	if (!task) {
 		rcu_read_unlock();
-		return -ESRCH;
+		return ERR_PTR(-ESRCH);
 	}
 	get_task_struct(task);
 
@@ -1900,22 +1894,47 @@ static int kernel_move_pages(pid_t pid,
 	 */
 	if (!ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ_REALCREDS)) {
 		rcu_read_unlock();
-		err = -EPERM;
+		mm = ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
 		goto out;
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
- 	err = security_task_movememory(task);
- 	if (err)
+	mm = ERR_PTR(security_task_movememory(task));
+	if (IS_ERR(mm))
 		goto out;
-
-	task_nodes = cpuset_mems_allowed(task);
+	*mem_nodes = cpuset_mems_allowed(task);
 	mm = get_task_mm(task);
+out:
 	put_task_struct(task);
-
 	if (!mm)
+		mm = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	return mm;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Move a list of pages in the address space of the currently executing
+ * process.
+ */
+static int kernel_move_pages(pid_t pid, unsigned long nr_pages,
+			     const void __user * __user *pages,
+			     const int __user *nodes,
+			     int __user *status, int flags)
+{
+	struct mm_struct *mm;
+	int err;
+	nodemask_t task_nodes;
+
+	/* Check flags */
+	if (flags & ~(MPOL_MF_MOVE|MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if ((flags & MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL) && !capable(CAP_SYS_NICE))
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	mm = find_mm_struct(pid, &task_nodes);
+	if (IS_ERR(mm))
+		return PTR_ERR(mm);
+
 	if (nodes)
 		err = do_pages_move(mm, task_nodes, nr_pages, pages,
 				    nodes, status, flags);
@@ -1924,10 +1943,6 @@ static int kernel_move_pages(pid_t pid,
 
 	mmput(mm);
 	return err;
-
-out:
-	put_task_struct(task);
-	return err;
 }
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE6(move_pages, pid_t, pid, unsigned long, nr_pages,
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from linmiaohe@huawei.com are

mm-migrate-avoid-possible-unnecessary-process-right-check-in-kernel_move_pages.patch