Most file-backed faults are already handled through ->map_pages(), but if we need to do I/O we'll come this way. Since filemap_fault() is now safe to be called under the VMA lock, we can handle these faults under the VMA lock now. Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/memory.c | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c index 938f481df0ab..e615afd28db2 100644 --- a/mm/memory.c +++ b/mm/memory.c @@ -4617,10 +4617,9 @@ static vm_fault_t do_read_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf) return ret; } - if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_VMA_LOCK) { - vma_end_read(vmf->vma); - return VM_FAULT_RETRY; - } + ret = vmf_can_call_fault(vmf); + if (ret) + return ret; ret = __do_fault(vmf); if (unlikely(ret & (VM_FAULT_ERROR | VM_FAULT_NOPAGE | VM_FAULT_RETRY))) -- 2.40.1