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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/rmap.c')
-rw-r--r-- | mm/rmap.c | 17 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c index 693a610e181d..07811b4ae793 100644 --- a/mm/rmap.c +++ b/mm/rmap.c @@ -1405,6 +1405,15 @@ static bool try_to_unmap_one(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct mmu_notifier_range range; enum ttu_flags flags = (enum ttu_flags)(long)arg; + /* + * When racing against e.g. zap_pte_range() on another cpu, + * in between its ptep_get_and_clear_full() and page_remove_rmap(), + * try_to_unmap() may return false when it is about to become true, + * if page table locking is skipped: use TTU_SYNC to wait for that. + */ + if (flags & TTU_SYNC) + pvmw.flags = PVMW_SYNC; + /* munlock has nothing to gain from examining un-locked vmas */ if ((flags & TTU_MUNLOCK) && !(vma->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED)) return true; @@ -1777,7 +1786,13 @@ bool try_to_unmap(struct page *page, enum ttu_flags flags) else rmap_walk(page, &rwc); - return !page_mapcount(page) ? true : false; + /* + * When racing against e.g. zap_pte_range() on another cpu, + * in between its ptep_get_and_clear_full() and page_remove_rmap(), + * try_to_unmap() may return false when it is about to become true, + * if page table locking is skipped: use TTU_SYNC to wait for that. + */ + return !page_mapcount(page); } /** |