[patch 101/143] mm/mmap.c: don't unlock VMAs in remap_file_pages()

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From: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm/mmap.c: don't unlock VMAs in remap_file_pages()

Since this call uses MAP_FIXED, do_mmap() will munlock the necessary
range.  There is also an error in the loop test expression which will
evaluate as false and the loop body has never execute.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210223235010.2296915-1-Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 mm/mmap.c |   18 +-----------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 17 deletions(-)

--- a/mm/mmap.c~mm-mmap-dont-unlock-vmas-in-remap_file_pages
+++ a/mm/mmap.c
@@ -3029,25 +3029,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(remap_file_pages, unsign
 
 	flags &= MAP_NONBLOCK;
 	flags |= MAP_SHARED | MAP_FIXED | MAP_POPULATE;
-	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED) {
-		struct vm_area_struct *tmp;
+	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED)
 		flags |= MAP_LOCKED;
 
-		/* drop PG_Mlocked flag for over-mapped range */
-		for (tmp = vma; tmp->vm_start >= start + size;
-				tmp = tmp->vm_next) {
-			/*
-			 * Split pmd and munlock page on the border
-			 * of the range.
-			 */
-			vma_adjust_trans_huge(tmp, start, start + size, 0);
-
-			munlock_vma_pages_range(tmp,
-					max(tmp->vm_start, start),
-					min(tmp->vm_end, start + size));
-		}
-	}
-
 	file = get_file(vma->vm_file);
 	ret = do_mmap(vma->vm_file, start, size,
 			prot, flags, pgoff, &populate, NULL);
_




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