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-rw-r--r--mm/ksm.c25
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
index a71245241d22..4efdc424a3fc 100644
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -440,26 +440,27 @@ static int break_ksm(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr)
vm_fault_t ret = 0;
do {
+ bool ksm_page = false;
+
cond_resched();
page = follow_page(vma, addr,
FOLL_GET | FOLL_MIGRATION | FOLL_REMOTE);
if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(page))
break;
if (PageKsm(page))
- ret = handle_mm_fault(vma, addr,
- FAULT_FLAG_WRITE | FAULT_FLAG_REMOTE,
- NULL);
- else
- ret = VM_FAULT_WRITE;
+ ksm_page = true;
put_page(page);
- } while (!(ret & (VM_FAULT_WRITE | VM_FAULT_SIGBUS | VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV | VM_FAULT_OOM)));
+
+ if (!ksm_page)
+ return 0;
+ ret = handle_mm_fault(vma, addr,
+ FAULT_FLAG_WRITE | FAULT_FLAG_REMOTE,
+ NULL);
+ } while (!(ret & (VM_FAULT_SIGBUS | VM_FAULT_SIGSEGV | VM_FAULT_OOM)));
/*
- * We must loop because handle_mm_fault() may back out if there's
- * any difficulty e.g. if pte accessed bit gets updated concurrently.
- *
- * VM_FAULT_WRITE is what we have been hoping for: it indicates that
- * COW has been broken, even if the vma does not permit VM_WRITE;
- * but note that a concurrent fault might break PageKsm for us.
+ * We must loop until we no longer find a KSM page because
+ * handle_mm_fault() may back out if there's any difficulty e.g. if
+ * pte accessed bit gets updated concurrently.
*
* VM_FAULT_SIGBUS could occur if we race with truncation of the
* backing file, which also invalidates anonymous pages: that's