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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/huge_memory.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/huge_memory.c | 20 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c index 003f7bcd0952..07ae73f4ef91 100644 --- a/mm/huge_memory.c +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c @@ -1189,8 +1189,15 @@ static int do_huge_pmd_wp_page_fallback(struct vm_fault *vmf, pmd_t orig_pmd, goto out_free_pages; VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageHead(page), page); + /* + * Leave pmd empty until pte is filled note we must notify here as + * concurrent CPU thread might write to new page before the call to + * mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end() happens which can lead to a + * device seeing memory write in different order than CPU. + * + * See Documentation/vm/mmu_notifier.txt + */ pmdp_huge_clear_flush_notify(vma, haddr, vmf->pmd); - /* leave pmd empty until pte is filled */ pgtable = pgtable_trans_huge_withdraw(vma->vm_mm, vmf->pmd); pmd_populate(vma->vm_mm, &_pmd, pgtable); @@ -2029,8 +2036,15 @@ static void __split_huge_zero_page_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t _pmd; int i; - /* leave pmd empty until pte is filled */ - pmdp_huge_clear_flush_notify(vma, haddr, pmd); + /* + * Leave pmd empty until pte is filled note that it is fine to delay + * notification until mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end() as we are + * replacing a zero pmd write protected page with a zero pte write + * protected page. + * + * See Documentation/vm/mmu_notifier.txt + */ + pmdp_huge_clear_flush(vma, haddr, pmd); pgtable = pgtable_trans_huge_withdraw(mm, pmd); pmd_populate(mm, &_pmd, pgtable); |