+ rmap-resurrect-page_address_in_vma-anon_vma-check.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     rmap: resurrect page_address_in_vma anon_vma check
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     rmap-resurrect-page_address_in_vma-anon_vma-check.patch

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Subject: rmap: resurrect page_address_in_vma anon_vma check
From: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>

With root anon-vma it's trivial to keep doing the usual check as in
old-anon-vma code.

Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 mm/rmap.c |    7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff -puN mm/rmap.c~rmap-resurrect-page_address_in_vma-anon_vma-check mm/rmap.c
--- a/mm/rmap.c~rmap-resurrect-page_address_in_vma-anon_vma-check
+++ a/mm/rmap.c
@@ -367,9 +367,10 @@ vma_address(struct page *page, struct vm
  */
 unsigned long page_address_in_vma(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
-	if (PageAnon(page))
-		;
-	else if (page->mapping && !(vma->vm_flags & VM_NONLINEAR)) {
+	if (PageAnon(page)) {
+		if (vma->anon_vma->root != page_anon_vma(page)->root)
+			return -EFAULT;
+	} else if (page->mapping && !(vma->vm_flags & VM_NONLINEAR)) {
 		if (!vma->vm_file ||
 		    vma->vm_file->f_mapping != page->mapping)
 			return -EFAULT;
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx are

linux-next.patch
hugetlb-call-mmu-notifiers-on-hugepage-cow.patch
define-madv_hugepage.patch
mmap-remove-unnecessary-lock-from-__vma_link.patch
rmap-always-add-new-vmas-at-the-end.patch
ksm-fix-ksm-swapin-time-optimization.patch
rmap-always-use-anon_vma-root-pointer.patch
rmap-resurrect-page_address_in_vma-anon_vma-check.patch
add-anon_vma-bug-checks.patch

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