The patch titled
Subject: mm: switch gup_hugepte to use try_get_compound_head
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
mm-switch-gup_hugepte-to-use-try_get_compound_head.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-switch-gup_hugepte-to-use-try_get_compound_head.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-switch-gup_hugepte-to-use-try_get_compound_head.patch
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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Subject: mm: switch gup_hugepte to use try_get_compound_head
This applies the overflow fixes from 8fde12ca79aff ("mm: prevent
get_user_pages() from overflowing page refcount") to the powerpc hugepd
code and brings it back in sync with the other GUP cases.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190625143715.1689-16-hch@xxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Cc: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: James Hogan <jhogan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Burton <paul.burton@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rich Felker <dalias@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/gup.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/mm/gup.c~mm-switch-gup_hugepte-to-use-try_get_compound_head
+++ a/mm/gup.c
@@ -2006,7 +2006,8 @@ static int gup_hugepte(pte_t *ptep, unsi
refs++;
} while (addr += PAGE_SIZE, addr != end);
- if (!page_cache_add_speculative(head, refs)) {
+ head = try_get_compound_head(head, refs);
+ if (!head) {
*nr -= refs;
return 0;
}
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from hch@xxxxxx are
mm-remove-the-account_page_dirtied-export.patch
mm-fix-an-overly-long-line-in-read_cache_page.patch
mm-dont-cast-readpage-to-filler_t-for-do_read_cache_page.patch
jffs2-pass-the-correct-prototype-to-read_cache_page.patch
9p-pass-the-correct-prototype-to-read_cache_page.patch
mm-use-untagged_addr-for-get_user_pages_fast-addresses.patch
mm-simplify-gup_fast_permitted.patch
mm-lift-the-x86_32-pae-version-of-gup_get_pte-to-common-code.patch
mips-use-the-generic-get_user_pages_fast-code.patch
sh-add-the-missing-pud_page-definition.patch
sh-use-the-generic-get_user_pages_fast-code.patch
sparc64-add-the-missing-pgd_page-definition.patch
sparc64-define-untagged_addr.patch
sparc64-use-the-generic-get_user_pages_fast-code.patch
mm-rename-config_have_generic_gup-to-config_have_fast_gup.patch
mm-reorder-code-blocks-in-gupc.patch
mm-consolidate-the-get_user_pages-implementations.patch
mm-validate-get_user_pages_fast-flags.patch
mm-move-the-powerpc-hugepd-code-to-mm-gupc.patch
mm-switch-gup_hugepte-to-use-try_get_compound_head.patch
mm-mark-the-page-referenced-in-gup_hugepte.patch
