The patch titled Subject: mm/memory.c: simplify pfnmap_lockdep_assert has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is mm-memoryc-simplify-pfnmap_lockdep_assert.patch This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-memoryc-simplify-pfnmap_lockdep_assert.patch This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next via the mm-everything branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm and is updated there every 2-3 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Manas <manas18244@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm/memory.c: simplify pfnmap_lockdep_assert Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 23:12:16 +0530 Use local `mapping' to reduce the pointer chasing. akpm: extracted from a bugfix which Linus fixed with b1b46751671be ("mm: fix follow_pfnmap API lockdep assert"). Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20241004-fix-null-deref-v4-1-d0a8ec01ac85@xxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Manas <manas18244@xxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Anup Sharma <anupnewsmail@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Shuah Khan <skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/memory.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/mm/memory.c~mm-memoryc-simplify-pfnmap_lockdep_assert +++ a/mm/memory.c @@ -6381,7 +6381,7 @@ static inline void pfnmap_lockdep_assert struct address_space *mapping = file ? file->f_mapping : NULL; if (mapping) - lockdep_assert(lockdep_is_held(&vma->vm_file->f_mapping->i_mmap_rwsem) || + lockdep_assert(lockdep_is_held(&mapping->i_mmap_rwsem) || lockdep_is_held(&vma->vm_mm->mmap_lock)); else lockdep_assert(lockdep_is_held(&vma->vm_mm->mmap_lock)); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from manas18244@xxxxxxxxxxx are mm-memoryc-simplify-pfnmap_lockdep_assert.patch