When unmapping VM_HUGETLB mappings, vm flags need to be updated. Since
the vmas have been detached, so it sounds safe to update vm flags with
read mmap_sem.
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Yang Shi <yang.shi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/mmap.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 937d2f2..086f8b5 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -2812,12 +2812,12 @@ static int do_munmap_zap_rlock(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start,
}
/*
- * Unmapping vmas, which have VM_HUGETLB or VM_PFNMAP
+ * Unmapping vmas, which have VM_PFNMAP
* need get done with write mmap_sem held since they may update
* vm_flags. Deal with such mappings with regular do_munmap() call.
*/
for (vma = start_vma; vma && vma->vm_start < end; vma = vma->vm_next) {
- if (vma->vm_flags & (VM_HUGETLB | VM_PFNMAP))
+ if (vma->vm_flags & VM_PFNMAP)
goto regular_path;
}
--
1.8.3.1
