On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:33:49 -0400 Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: always add new vmas at the end > > Make sure to always add new VMAs at the end of the list. This > is important so rmap_walk does not miss a VMA that was created > during the rmap_walk. > > The old code got this right most of the time due to luck, but > was buggy when anon_vma_prepare reused a mergeable anon_vma. > > Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > > diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c > --- a/mm/rmap.c > +++ b/mm/rmap.c > @@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ int anon_vma_prepare(struct vm_area_stru > avc->anon_vma = anon_vma; > avc->vma = vma; > list_add(&avc->same_vma, &vma->anon_vma_chain); > - list_add(&avc->same_anon_vma, &anon_vma->head); > + list_add_tail(&avc->same_anon_vma, &anon_vma->head); > allocated = NULL; > avc = NULL; > } Should this go into 2.6.35? -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>