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Diffstat (limited to 'mm')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/rmap.c | 18 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c index b65f00d1707f..caa48b27371b 100644 --- a/mm/rmap.c +++ b/mm/rmap.c @@ -132,6 +132,11 @@ int anon_vma_prepare(struct vm_area_struct *vma) if (unlikely(!anon_vma)) goto out_enomem_free_avc; allocated = anon_vma; + /* + * This VMA had no anon_vma yet. This anon_vma is + * the root of any anon_vma tree that might form. + */ + anon_vma->root = anon_vma; } anon_vma_lock(anon_vma); @@ -224,9 +229,15 @@ int anon_vma_fork(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_area_struct *pvma) avc = anon_vma_chain_alloc(); if (!avc) goto out_error_free_anon_vma; - anon_vma_chain_link(vma, avc, anon_vma); + + /* + * The root anon_vma's spinlock is the lock actually used when we + * lock any of the anon_vmas in this anon_vma tree. + */ + anon_vma->root = pvma->anon_vma->root; /* Mark this anon_vma as the one where our new (COWed) pages go. */ vma->anon_vma = anon_vma; + anon_vma_chain_link(vma, avc, anon_vma); return 0; @@ -261,7 +272,10 @@ void unlink_anon_vmas(struct vm_area_struct *vma) { struct anon_vma_chain *avc, *next; - /* Unlink each anon_vma chained to the VMA. */ + /* + * Unlink each anon_vma chained to the VMA. This list is ordered + * from newest to oldest, ensuring the root anon_vma gets freed last. + */ list_for_each_entry_safe(avc, next, &vma->anon_vma_chain, same_vma) { anon_vma_unlink(avc); list_del(&avc->same_vma); |