The patch titled
Subject: mm: use helper function put_write_access()
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
mm-use-helper-function-put_write_access.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
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From: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm: use helper function put_write_access()
In commit 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2"), the helper put_write_access()
came with the atomic_dec operation of the i_writecount field. But it
forgot to use this helper in __vma_link_file() and dup_mmap().
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200924115235.5111-1-linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/fork.c | 2 +-
mm/mmap.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/kernel/fork.c~mm-use-helper-function-put_write_access
+++ a/kernel/fork.c
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ static __latent_entropy int dup_mmap(str
get_file(file);
if (tmp->vm_flags & VM_DENYWRITE)
- atomic_dec(&inode->i_writecount);
+ put_write_access(inode);
i_mmap_lock_write(mapping);
if (tmp->vm_flags & VM_SHARED)
mapping_allow_writable(mapping);
--- a/mm/mmap.c~mm-use-helper-function-put_write_access
+++ a/mm/mmap.c
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ static void __vma_link_file(struct vm_ar
struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
if (vma->vm_flags & VM_DENYWRITE)
- atomic_dec(&file_inode(file)->i_writecount);
+ put_write_access(file_inode(file));
if (vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED)
mapping_allow_writable(mapping);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx are
mm-migrate-avoid-possible-unnecessary-process-right-check-in-kernel_move_pages.patch
