Since the commit 297c5eee3724 ("mm: make the vma list be doubly linked") made it a doubly linked list, we don't need to scan the list when deleting @vma. And the original code didn't update the prev pointer. Fix it too. Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxx> --- mm/nommu.c | 15 ++++++++------- 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c index 20d9c330eb0e..a6a073f0745a 100644 --- a/mm/nommu.c +++ b/mm/nommu.c @@ -770,7 +770,6 @@ static void add_vma_to_mm(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma) */ static void delete_vma_from_mm(struct vm_area_struct *vma) { - struct vm_area_struct **pp; struct address_space *mapping; struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm; @@ -793,12 +792,14 @@ static void delete_vma_from_mm(struct vm_area_struct *vma) /* remove from the MM's tree and list */ rb_erase(&vma->vm_rb, &mm->mm_rb); - for (pp = &mm->mmap; *pp; pp = &(*pp)->vm_next) { - if (*pp == vma) { - *pp = vma->vm_next; - break; - } - } + + if (vma->vm_prev) + vma->vm_prev->vm_next = vma->vm_next; + else + mm->mmap = vma->vm_next; + + if (vma->vm_next) + vma->vm_next->vm_prev = vma->vm_prev; vma->vm_mm = NULL; } -- 1.7.4 -- 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 internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>