When unmapping VM_PFNMAP 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 | 9 --------- 1 file changed, 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c index 991e066..04c1d3b 100644 --- a/mm/mmap.c +++ b/mm/mmap.c @@ -2771,15 +2771,6 @@ static int __do_munmap(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start, size_t len, munlock_vma_pages_all(tmp); } - /* - * Unmapping vmas, which have VM_HUGETLB or VM_PFNMAP, - * need get done with write mmap_sem held since they may - * update vm_flags. - */ - if (downgrade && - (tmp->vm_flags & VM_PFNMAP)) - downgrade = false; - tmp = tmp->vm_next; } } -- 1.8.3.1
