Merge 6.5-rc4 into char-misc-next

We need the char-misc fixes in here as well for testing.

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

1 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
index de10fc797c8e..5e74ce4a28cd 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
@@ -514,6 +514,20 @@ struct vm_area_struct {
 	};
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PER_VMA_LOCK
+	/*
+	 * Can only be written (using WRITE_ONCE()) while holding both:
+	 *  - mmap_lock (in write mode)
+	 *  - vm_lock->lock (in write mode)
+	 * Can be read reliably while holding one of:
+	 *  - mmap_lock (in read or write mode)
+	 *  - vm_lock->lock (in read or write mode)
+	 * Can be read unreliably (using READ_ONCE()) for pessimistic bailout
+	 * while holding nothing (except RCU to keep the VMA struct allocated).
+	 *
+	 * This sequence counter is explicitly allowed to overflow; sequence
+	 * counter reuse can only lead to occasional unnecessary use of the
+	 * slowpath.
+	 */
 	int vm_lock_seq;
 	struct vma_lock *vm_lock;
 
@@ -679,6 +693,20 @@ struct mm_struct {
 					  * by mmlist_lock
 					  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_PER_VMA_LOCK
+		/*
+		 * This field has lock-like semantics, meaning it is sometimes
+		 * accessed with ACQUIRE/RELEASE semantics.
+		 * Roughly speaking, incrementing the sequence number is
+		 * equivalent to releasing locks on VMAs; reading the sequence
+		 * number can be part of taking a read lock on a VMA.
+		 *
+		 * Can be modified under write mmap_lock using RELEASE
+		 * semantics.
+		 * Can be read with no other protection when holding write
+		 * mmap_lock.
+		 * Can be read with ACQUIRE semantics if not holding write
+		 * mmap_lock.
+		 */
 		int mm_lock_seq;
 #endif