From: Anshuman Khandual <khandual@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm/memory.c: remove reduntant check for write access Flags argument has been copied into vmf.flags and it is not changed in between. Hence a single write access check can be used for both PUD and PMD. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170823082839.1812-1-khandual@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <khandual@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/memory.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN mm/memory.c~mm-page_fault-remove-reduntant-check-for-write-access mm/memory.c --- a/mm/memory.c~mm-page_fault-remove-reduntant-check-for-write-access +++ a/mm/memory.c @@ -3961,6 +3961,7 @@ static int __handle_mm_fault(struct vm_a .pgoff = linear_page_index(vma, address), .gfp_mask = __get_fault_gfp_mask(vma), }; + unsigned int dirty = flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE; struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm; pgd_t *pgd; p4d_t *p4d; @@ -3983,7 +3984,6 @@ static int __handle_mm_fault(struct vm_a barrier(); if (pud_trans_huge(orig_pud) || pud_devmap(orig_pud)) { - unsigned int dirty = flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE; /* NUMA case for anonymous PUDs would go here */ @@ -4020,8 +4020,7 @@ static int __handle_mm_fault(struct vm_a if (pmd_protnone(orig_pmd) && vma_is_accessible(vma)) return do_huge_pmd_numa_page(&vmf, orig_pmd); - if ((vmf.flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE) && - !pmd_write(orig_pmd)) { + if (dirty && !pmd_write(orig_pmd)) { ret = wp_huge_pmd(&vmf, orig_pmd); if (!(ret & VM_FAULT_FALLBACK)) return ret; _ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html