As per the comment in move_ptes(), we only require taking the anon vma and i_mmap locks to ensure that rmap will always observe either the old or new ptes, in the case of need_rmap_lock=true. No modifications to the tree itself, thus share the i_mmap_rwsem. Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@xxxxxxx> --- XXX: the same *should* apply for the anon vma, as there are no modifications to the chain. mm/mremap.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/mremap.c b/mm/mremap.c index 84aa36f..a34500c 100644 --- a/mm/mremap.c +++ b/mm/mremap.c @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ static void move_ptes(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *old_pmd, if (need_rmap_locks) { if (vma->vm_file) { mapping = vma->vm_file->f_mapping; - i_mmap_lock_write(mapping); + i_mmap_lock_read(mapping); } if (vma->anon_vma) { anon_vma = vma->anon_vma; @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ static void move_ptes(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *old_pmd, if (anon_vma) anon_vma_unlock_write(anon_vma); if (mapping) - i_mmap_unlock_write(mapping); + i_mmap_unlock_read(mapping); } #define LATENCY_LIMIT (64 * PAGE_SIZE) -- 1.8.4.5 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>