From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Try a speculative fault before acquiring mmap_sem, if it returns with VM_FAULT_RETRY continue with the mmap_sem acquisition and do the traditional fault. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/mm/fault.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c index e3254ca0eec4..ee6d8799d958 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c @@ -1316,6 +1316,16 @@ __do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code, if (error_code & PF_INSTR) flags |= FAULT_FLAG_INSTRUCTION; + if (error_code & PF_USER) { + fault = handle_speculative_fault(mm, address, + flags & ~FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY); + + if (fault & VM_FAULT_RETRY) + goto retry; + + goto done; + } + /* * When running in the kernel we expect faults to occur only to * addresses in user space. All other faults represent errors in @@ -1419,7 +1429,15 @@ __do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code, return; } + if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_RETRY)) { + if (fatal_signal_pending(current)) + return; + + goto done; + } + up_read(&mm->mmap_sem); +done: if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) { mm_fault_error(regs, error_code, address, vma, fault); return; -- 2.7.4 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>