oprofile: reduce mmap_sem hold for mm->exe_file
sync_buffer() needs the mmap_sem for two distinct operations, both only
occurring upon user context switch handling:
1) Dealing with the exe_file.
2) Adding the dcookie data as we need to lookup the vma that
backs it. This is done via add_sample() and add_data().
This patch isolates 1), for it will no longer need the mmap_sem for
serialization. However, for now, make of the more standard
get_mm_exe_file(), requiring only holding the mmap_sem to read the value,
and relying on reference counting to make sure that the exe file won't
dissappear underneath us while doing the get dcookie.
As a consequence, for 2) we move the mmap_sem locking into where we really
need it, in lookup_dcookie(). The benefits are twofold: reduce mmap_sem
hold times, and cleaner code.
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: export get_mm_exe_file for arch/x86/oprofile/oprofile.ko]
Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@suse.de>
Cc: Robert Richter <rric@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 0d23e76..03c1eaa 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -752,6 +752,7 @@
rcu_read_unlock();
return exe_file;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_mm_exe_file);
/**
* get_task_mm - acquire a reference to the task's mm
