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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/hugetlb.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/hugetlb.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c index 2d2ff5e8bf2b..681b300185c0 100644 --- a/mm/hugetlb.c +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c @@ -3256,9 +3256,14 @@ int copy_hugetlb_page_range(struct mm_struct *dst, struct mm_struct *src, set_huge_swap_pte_at(dst, addr, dst_pte, entry, sz); } else { if (cow) { + /* + * No need to notify as we are downgrading page + * table protection not changing it to point + * to a new page. + * + * See Documentation/vm/mmu_notifier.txt + */ huge_ptep_set_wrprotect(src, addr, src_pte); - mmu_notifier_invalidate_range(src, mmun_start, - mmun_end); } entry = huge_ptep_get(src_pte); ptepage = pte_page(entry); @@ -4318,7 +4323,12 @@ unsigned long hugetlb_change_protection(struct vm_area_struct *vma, * and that page table be reused and filled with junk. */ flush_hugetlb_tlb_range(vma, start, end); - mmu_notifier_invalidate_range(mm, start, end); + /* + * No need to call mmu_notifier_invalidate_range() we are downgrading + * page table protection not changing it to point to a new page. + * + * See Documentation/vm/mmu_notifier.txt + */ i_mmap_unlock_write(vma->vm_file->f_mapping); mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(mm, start, end); |