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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 5a81b1e..08a3bc2 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1195,6 +1195,7 @@ static int shmem_populate(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
err = shmem_getpage(inode, pgoff, &page, sgp, NULL);
if (err)
return err;
+ /* Page may still be null, but only if nonblock was set. */
if (page) {
mark_page_accessed(page);
err = install_page(mm, vma, addr, page, prot);
@@ -1202,7 +1203,10 @@ static int shmem_populate(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
page_cache_release(page);
return err;
}
- } else if (nonblock) {
+ } else {
+ /* No page was found just because we can't read it in
+ * now (being here implies nonblock != 0), but the page
+ * may exist, so set the PTE to fault it in later. */
err = install_file_pte(mm, vma, addr, pgoff, prot);
if (err)
return err;