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diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index c0257cbee093..cea99f003f24 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -772,6 +772,67 @@ static void check_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
#define allocate_mm() (kmem_cache_alloc(mm_cachep, GFP_KERNEL))
#define free_mm(mm) (kmem_cache_free(mm_cachep, (mm)))
+static void do_check_lazy_tlb(void *arg)
+{
+ struct mm_struct *mm = arg;
+
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(current->active_mm == mm);
+}
+
+static void do_shoot_lazy_tlb(void *arg)
+{
+ struct mm_struct *mm = arg;
+
+ if (current->active_mm == mm) {
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(current->mm);
+ current->active_mm = &init_mm;
+ switch_mm(mm, &init_mm, current);
+ }
+}
+
+static void cleanup_lazy_tlbs(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+ if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MMU_LAZY_TLB_SHOOTDOWN)) {
+ /*
+ * In this case, lazy tlb mms are refounted and would not reach
+ * __mmdrop until all CPUs have switched away and mmdrop()ed.
+ */
+ return;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Lazy mm shootdown does not refcount "lazy tlb mm" usage, rather it
+ * requires lazy mm users to switch to another mm when the refcount
+ * drops to zero, before the mm is freed. This requires IPIs here to
+ * switch kernel threads to init_mm.
+ *
+ * archs that use IPIs to flush TLBs can piggy-back that lazy tlb mm
+ * switch with the final userspace teardown TLB flush which leaves the
+ * mm lazy on this CPU but no others, reducing the need for additional
+ * IPIs here. There are cases where a final IPI is still required here,
+ * such as the final mmdrop being performed on a different CPU than the
+ * one exiting, or kernel threads using the mm when userspace exits.
+ *
+ * IPI overheads have not found to be expensive, but they could be
+ * reduced in a number of possible ways, for example (roughly
+ * increasing order of complexity):
+ * - The last lazy reference created by exit_mm() could instead switch
+ * to init_mm, however it's probable this will run on the same CPU
+ * immediately afterwards, so this may not reduce IPIs much.
+ * - A batch of mms requiring IPIs could be gathered and freed at once.
+ * - CPUs store active_mm where it can be remotely checked without a
+ * lock, to filter out false-positives in the cpumask.
+ * - After mm_users or mm_count reaches zero, switching away from the
+ * mm could clear mm_cpumask to reduce some IPIs, perhaps together
+ * with some batching or delaying of the final IPIs.
+ * - A delayed freeing and RCU-like quiescing sequence based on mm
+ * switching to avoid IPIs completely.
+ */
+ on_each_cpu_mask(mm_cpumask(mm), do_shoot_lazy_tlb, (void *)mm, 1);
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_VM_SHOOT_LAZIES))
+ on_each_cpu(do_check_lazy_tlb, (void *)mm, 1);
+}
+
/*
* Called when the last reference to the mm
* is dropped: either by a lazy thread or by
@@ -783,6 +844,10 @@ void __mmdrop(struct mm_struct *mm)
BUG_ON(mm == &init_mm);
WARN_ON_ONCE(mm == current->mm);
+
+ /* Ensure no CPUs are using this as their lazy tlb mm */
+ cleanup_lazy_tlbs(mm);
+
WARN_ON_ONCE(mm == current->active_mm);
mm_free_pgd(mm);
destroy_context(mm);