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author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2008-05-15 00:34:44 -0700 |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2008-05-15 00:34:44 -0700 |
commit | 63fe46da9c380b3f2bbdf3765044649517cc717c (patch) | |
tree | 9478c1aca1d692b408955aea20c9cd9a37e589c0 /mm/memory.c | |
parent | 99dd1a2b8347ac2ae802300b7862f6f7bcf17139 (diff) | |
parent | 066b2118976e6e7cc50eed39e2747c75343a23c4 (diff) |
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
Conflicts:
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965-rs.c
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.c
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/memory.c')
-rw-r--r-- | mm/memory.c | 26 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c index bbab1e37055..fb5608a120e 100644 --- a/mm/memory.c +++ b/mm/memory.c @@ -311,6 +311,21 @@ int __pte_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long address) if (!new) return -ENOMEM; + /* + * Ensure all pte setup (eg. pte page lock and page clearing) are + * visible before the pte is made visible to other CPUs by being + * put into page tables. + * + * The other side of the story is the pointer chasing in the page + * table walking code (when walking the page table without locking; + * ie. most of the time). Fortunately, these data accesses consist + * of a chain of data-dependent loads, meaning most CPUs (alpha + * being the notable exception) will already guarantee loads are + * seen in-order. See the alpha page table accessors for the + * smp_read_barrier_depends() barriers in page table walking code. + */ + smp_wmb(); /* Could be smp_wmb__xxx(before|after)_spin_lock */ + spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock); if (!pmd_present(*pmd)) { /* Has another populated it ? */ mm->nr_ptes++; @@ -329,6 +344,8 @@ int __pte_alloc_kernel(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long address) if (!new) return -ENOMEM; + smp_wmb(); /* See comment in __pte_alloc */ + spin_lock(&init_mm.page_table_lock); if (!pmd_present(*pmd)) { /* Has another populated it ? */ pmd_populate_kernel(&init_mm, pmd, new); @@ -969,7 +986,7 @@ struct page *follow_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address, goto no_page_table; pmd = pmd_offset(pud, address); - if (pmd_none(*pmd) || unlikely(pmd_bad(*pmd))) + if (pmd_none(*pmd)) goto no_page_table; if (pmd_huge(*pmd)) { @@ -978,6 +995,9 @@ struct page *follow_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address, goto out; } + if (unlikely(pmd_bad(*pmd))) + goto no_page_table; + ptep = pte_offset_map_lock(mm, pmd, address, &ptl); if (!ptep) goto out; @@ -2616,6 +2636,8 @@ int __pud_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long address) if (!new) return -ENOMEM; + smp_wmb(); /* See comment in __pte_alloc */ + spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock); if (pgd_present(*pgd)) /* Another has populated it */ pud_free(mm, new); @@ -2637,6 +2659,8 @@ int __pmd_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm, pud_t *pud, unsigned long address) if (!new) return -ENOMEM; + smp_wmb(); /* See comment in __pte_alloc */ + spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock); #ifndef __ARCH_HAS_4LEVEL_HACK if (pud_present(*pud)) /* Another has populated it */ |