This reverts commit 4e4a9eb921332b9d1edd99f76998f99f36b195f7 In dup_mmap(), anon_vma_fork() is called for attaching anon_vma and parameter 'tmp' (i.e., the new vma of child) has same ->vm_next and ->vm_prev as its parent vma. That causes the anon_vma used by parent been mistakenly shared by child (In anon_vma_clone(), the code added by that commit will do this reuse work). Besides this issue, the design of reusing anon_vma from vma which has gone through fork should be avoided ([1]). So, this patch reverts that commit and maintains the consistent logic of reusing anon_vma for fork/split/merge vma. [1] commit d0e9fe1758f2 ("Simplify and comment on anon_vma re-use for anon_vma_prepare()") explains the test of "list_is_singular()". Fixes: 4e4a9eb92133 ("mm/rmap.c: reuse mergeable anon_vma as parent when fork") Signed-off-by: Li Xinhai <lixinhai.lxh@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/rmap.c | 13 ------------- 1 file changed, 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c index b3e3819..861435b 100644 --- a/mm/rmap.c +++ b/mm/rmap.c @@ -269,19 +269,6 @@ int anon_vma_clone(struct vm_area_struct *dst, struct vm_area_struct *src) { struct anon_vma_chain *avc, *pavc; struct anon_vma *root = NULL; - struct vm_area_struct *prev = dst->vm_prev, *pprev = src->vm_prev; - - /* - * If parent share anon_vma with its vm_prev, keep this sharing in in - * child. - * - * 1. Parent has vm_prev, which implies we have vm_prev. - * 2. Parent and its vm_prev have the same anon_vma. - */ - if (!dst->anon_vma && src->anon_vma && - pprev && pprev->anon_vma == src->anon_vma) - dst->anon_vma = prev->anon_vma; - list_for_each_entry_reverse(pavc, &src->anon_vma_chain, same_vma) { struct anon_vma *anon_vma; -- 1.8.3.1