From: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx> When swapcache is replaced by a ksm page don't leave orhpaned swap cache. Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx> --- diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c --- a/mm/ksm.c +++ b/mm/ksm.c @@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ static int replace_page(struct vm_area_s set_pte_at_notify(mm, addr, ptep, mk_pte(kpage, vma->vm_page_prot)); page_remove_rmap(page); - put_page(page); + free_page_and_swap_cache(page); pte_unmap_unlock(ptep, ptl); err = 0; @@ -846,7 +846,18 @@ static int try_to_merge_one_page(struct * ptes are necessarily already write-protected. But in either * case, we need to lock and check page_count is not raised. */ - if (write_protect_page(vma, page, &orig_pte) == 0) { + err = write_protect_page(vma, page, &orig_pte); + + /* + * After this mapping is wrprotected we don't need further + * checks for PageSwapCache vs page_count unlock_page(page) + * and we rely only on the pte_same() check run under PT lock + * to ensure the pte didn't change since when we wrprotected + * it under PG_lock. + */ + unlock_page(page); + + if (!err) { if (!kpage) { /* * While we hold page lock, upgrade page from @@ -855,22 +866,22 @@ static int try_to_merge_one_page(struct */ set_page_stable_node(page, NULL); mark_page_accessed(page); - err = 0; } else if (pages_identical(page, kpage)) err = replace_page(vma, page, kpage, orig_pte); - } + } else + err = -EFAULT; if ((vma->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED) && kpage && !err) { + lock_page(page); /* for LRU manipulation */ munlock_vma_page(page); + unlock_page(page); if (!PageMlocked(kpage)) { - unlock_page(page); lock_page(kpage); mlock_vma_page(kpage); - page = kpage; /* for final unlock */ + unlock_page(kpage); } } - unlock_page(page); out: return err; } -- 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/ . Fight unfair telecom policy in Canada: sign http://dissolvethecrtc.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>