On Sun, Oct 27, 2024 at 06:08:15PM -0700, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
> +/*
> + * Drop all currently-held per-VMA locks.
> + * This is called from the mmap_lock implementation directly before releasing
> + * a write-locked mmap_lock (or downgrading it to read-locked).
> + * This should normally NOT be called manually from other places.
> + * If you want to call this manually anyway, keep in mind that this will
> release
> + * *all* VMA write locks, including ones from further up the stack.
> + */
> +static inline void vma_end_write_all(struct mm_struct *mm)
> +{
> + mmap_assert_write_locked(mm);
> + /*
> + * Nobody can concurrently modify mm->mm_lock_seq due to exclusive
> + * mmap_lock being held.
> + */
You can write:
ASSERT_EXCLUSIVE_WRITER(mm->mm_lock_seq);
instead of that comment. Then KCSAN will validate the claim.
> + mm_lock_seqcount_end(mm);
> +}
