The patch titled
Subject: rmap-fix-theoretical-race-between-do_wp_page-and-shrink_active_list-fix-fix
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
rmap-fix-theoretical-race-between-do_wp_page-and-shrink_active_list-fix-fix.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/rmap-fix-theoretical-race-between-do_wp_page-and-shrink_active_list-fix-fix.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/rmap-fix-theoretical-race-between-do_wp_page-and-shrink_active_list-fix-fix.patch
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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: rmap-fix-theoretical-race-between-do_wp_page-and-shrink_active_list-fix-fix
tweak comment, per Minchan
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/rmap.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN mm/rmap.c~rmap-fix-theoretical-race-between-do_wp_page-and-shrink_active_list-fix-fix mm/rmap.c
--- a/mm/rmap.c~rmap-fix-theoretical-race-between-do_wp_page-and-shrink_active_list-fix-fix
+++ a/mm/rmap.c
@@ -952,8 +952,8 @@ void page_move_anon_rmap(struct page *pa
anon_vma = (void *) anon_vma + PAGE_MAPPING_ANON;
/*
* Ensure that anon_vma and the PAGE_MAPPING_ANON bit are written
- * simultaneously, so a concurrent reader (eg shrink_active_list) will
- * not see one without the other.
+ * simultaneously, so a concurrent reader (eg page_referenced()'s
+ * PageAnon()) will not see one without the other.
*/
WRITE_ONCE(page->mapping, (struct address_space *) anon_vma);
}
_
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