The patch titled
Subject: ksm: revert "use GET_KSM_PAGE_NOLOCK to get ksm page in remove_rmap_item_from_tree()"
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
ksm-revert-use-get_ksm_page_nolock-to-get-ksm-page-in-remove_rmap_item_from_tree.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
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From: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: ksm: revert "use GET_KSM_PAGE_NOLOCK to get ksm page in remove_rmap_item_from_tree()"
This reverts commit 3e96b6a2e9ad929a3230a22f4d64a74671a0720b. General
Protection Fault in rmap_walk_ksm() under memory pressure:
remove_rmap_item_from_tree() needs to take page lock, of course.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.LSU.2.11.2105092253500.1127@eggly.anvils
Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/ksm.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/mm/ksm.c~ksm-revert-use-get_ksm_page_nolock-to-get-ksm-page-in-remove_rmap_item_from_tree
+++ a/mm/ksm.c
@@ -776,11 +776,12 @@ static void remove_rmap_item_from_tree(s
struct page *page;
stable_node = rmap_item->head;
- page = get_ksm_page(stable_node, GET_KSM_PAGE_NOLOCK);
+ page = get_ksm_page(stable_node, GET_KSM_PAGE_LOCK);
if (!page)
goto out;
hlist_del(&rmap_item->hlist);
+ unlock_page(page);
put_page(page);
if (!hlist_empty(&stable_node->hlist))
_
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