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-rw-r--r--mm/filemap_xip.c2
-rw-r--r--mm/rmap.c14
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/mm/filemap_xip.c b/mm/filemap_xip.c
index 380ab402d711..8b710ca13247 100644
--- a/mm/filemap_xip.c
+++ b/mm/filemap_xip.c
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ __xip_unmap (struct address_space * mapping,
address = vma->vm_start +
((pgoff - vma->vm_pgoff) << PAGE_SHIFT);
BUG_ON(address < vma->vm_start || address >= vma->vm_end);
- pte = page_check_address(page, mm, address, &ptl);
+ pte = page_check_address(page, mm, address, &ptl, 1);
if (pte) {
/* Nuke the page table entry. */
flush_cache_page(vma, address, pte_pfn(*pte));
diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index 059774712c08..0383acfcb068 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -224,10 +224,14 @@ unsigned long page_address_in_vma(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
/*
* Check that @page is mapped at @address into @mm.
*
+ * If @sync is false, page_check_address may perform a racy check to avoid
+ * the page table lock when the pte is not present (helpful when reclaiming
+ * highly shared pages).
+ *
* On success returns with pte mapped and locked.
*/
pte_t *page_check_address(struct page *page, struct mm_struct *mm,
- unsigned long address, spinlock_t **ptlp)
+ unsigned long address, spinlock_t **ptlp, int sync)
{
pgd_t *pgd;
pud_t *pud;
@@ -249,7 +253,7 @@ pte_t *page_check_address(struct page *page, struct mm_struct *mm,
pte = pte_offset_map(pmd, address);
/* Make a quick check before getting the lock */
- if (!pte_present(*pte)) {
+ if (!sync && !pte_present(*pte)) {
pte_unmap(pte);
return NULL;
}
@@ -281,7 +285,7 @@ static int page_referenced_one(struct page *page,
if (address == -EFAULT)
goto out;
- pte = page_check_address(page, mm, address, &ptl);
+ pte = page_check_address(page, mm, address, &ptl, 0);
if (!pte)
goto out;
@@ -450,7 +454,7 @@ static int page_mkclean_one(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
if (address == -EFAULT)
goto out;
- pte = page_check_address(page, mm, address, &ptl);
+ pte = page_check_address(page, mm, address, &ptl, 1);
if (!pte)
goto out;
@@ -704,7 +708,7 @@ static int try_to_unmap_one(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
if (address == -EFAULT)
goto out;
- pte = page_check_address(page, mm, address, &ptl);
+ pte = page_check_address(page, mm, address, &ptl, 0);
if (!pte)
goto out;