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hmm: use mmu_notifier_get/put for 'struct hmm'
This is a significant simplification, it eliminates all the remaining 'hmm' stuff in mm_struct, eliminates krefing along the critical notifier paths, and takes away all the ugly locking and abuse of page_table_lock. mmu_notifier_get() provides the single struct hmm per struct mm which eliminates mm->hmm. It also directly guarantees that no mmu_notifier op callback is callable while concurrent free is possible, this eliminates all the krefs inside the mmu_notifier callbacks. The remaining krefs in the range code were overly cautious, drivers are already not permitted to free the mirror while a range exists. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190806231548.25242-6-jgg@ziepe.ca Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Reviewed-by: Ralph Campbell <rcampbell@nvidia.com> Tested-by: Ralph Campbell <rcampbell@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@mellanox.com>
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