[PATCH 1/4] mm: Add optional close() to struct vm_special_mapping

Michael Ellerman mpe at ellerman.id.au
Wed Aug 7 22:41:00 AEST 2024


Add an optional close() callback to struct vm_special_mapping. It will
be used, by powerpc at least, to handle unmapping of the VDSO.

Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds at linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
---
 include/linux/mm_types.h | 2 ++
 mm/mmap.c                | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
index 485424979254..ef32d87a3adc 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
@@ -1313,6 +1313,8 @@ struct vm_special_mapping {
 
 	int (*mremap)(const struct vm_special_mapping *sm,
 		     struct vm_area_struct *new_vma);
+	void (*close)(const struct vm_special_mapping *sm,
+		      struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 };
 
 enum tlb_flush_reason {
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index d0dfc85b209b..24bd6aa9155c 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -3624,6 +3624,9 @@ static vm_fault_t special_mapping_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf);
  */
 static void special_mapping_close(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
+	const struct vm_special_mapping *sm = vma->vm_private_data;
+	if (sm->close)
+		sm->close(sm, vma);
 }
 
 static const char *special_mapping_name(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
-- 
2.45.2



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