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-rw-r--r--mm/backing-dev.c8
-rw-r--r--mm/nommu.c2
-rw-r--r--mm/vmalloc.c27
3 files changed, 22 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index a086064..71034f4 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -724,6 +724,14 @@ void bdi_destroy(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
bdi_unregister(bdi);
+ /*
+ * If bdi_unregister() had already been called earlier, the
+ * wakeup_timer could still be armed because bdi_prune_sb()
+ * can race with the bdi_wakeup_thread_delayed() calls from
+ * __mark_inode_dirty().
+ */
+ del_timer_sync(&bdi->wb.wakeup_timer);
+
for (i = 0; i < NR_BDI_STAT_ITEMS; i++)
percpu_counter_destroy(&bdi->bdi_stat[i]);
diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index 73419c5..b982290 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ void __attribute__((weak)) vmalloc_sync_all(void)
* between processes, it syncs the pagetable across all
* processes.
*/
-struct vm_struct *alloc_vm_area(size_t size)
+struct vm_struct *alloc_vm_area(size_t size, pte_t **ptes)
{
BUG();
return NULL;
diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index b669aa6..3231bf3 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -2141,23 +2141,30 @@ void __attribute__((weak)) vmalloc_sync_all(void)
static int f(pte_t *pte, pgtable_t table, unsigned long addr, void *data)
{
- /* apply_to_page_range() does all the hard work. */
+ pte_t ***p = data;
+
+ if (p) {
+ *(*p) = pte;
+ (*p)++;
+ }
return 0;
}
/**
* alloc_vm_area - allocate a range of kernel address space
* @size: size of the area
+ * @ptes: returns the PTEs for the address space
*
* Returns: NULL on failure, vm_struct on success
*
* This function reserves a range of kernel address space, and
* allocates pagetables to map that range. No actual mappings
- * are created. If the kernel address space is not shared
- * between processes, it syncs the pagetable across all
- * processes.
+ * are created.
+ *
+ * If @ptes is non-NULL, pointers to the PTEs (in init_mm)
+ * allocated for the VM area are returned.
*/
-struct vm_struct *alloc_vm_area(size_t size)
+struct vm_struct *alloc_vm_area(size_t size, pte_t **ptes)
{
struct vm_struct *area;
@@ -2171,19 +2178,11 @@ struct vm_struct *alloc_vm_area(size_t size)
* of kernel virtual address space and mapped into init_mm.
*/
if (apply_to_page_range(&init_mm, (unsigned long)area->addr,
- area->size, f, NULL)) {
+ size, f, ptes ? &ptes : NULL)) {
free_vm_area(area);
return NULL;
}
- /*
- * If the allocated address space is passed to a hypercall
- * before being used then we cannot rely on a page fault to
- * trigger an update of the page tables. So sync all the page
- * tables here.
- */
- vmalloc_sync_all();
-
return area;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(alloc_vm_area);