1 files changed, 26 insertions, 38 deletions

diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 04282baf96b9..0367beb1b79a 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -2308,8 +2308,7 @@ void numa_default_policy(void)
  */
 
 /*
- * "local" is pseudo-policy:  MPOL_PREFERRED with MPOL_F_LOCAL flag
- * Used only for mpol_parse_str() and mpol_to_str()
+ * "local" is implemented internally by MPOL_PREFERRED with MPOL_F_LOCAL flag.
  */
 #define MPOL_LOCAL MPOL_MAX
 static const char * const policy_modes[] =
@@ -2324,28 +2323,21 @@ static const char * const policy_modes[] =
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS
 /**
- * mpol_parse_str - parse string to mempolicy
+ * mpol_parse_str - parse string to mempolicy, for tmpfs mpol mount option.
  * @str:  string containing mempolicy to parse
  * @mpol:  pointer to struct mempolicy pointer, returned on success.
- * @no_context:  flag whether to "contextualize" the mempolicy
+ * @unused:  redundant argument, to be removed later.
  *
  * Format of input:
  *	<mode>[=<flags>][:<nodelist>]
  *
- * if @no_context is true, save the input nodemask in w.user_nodemask in
- * the returned mempolicy.  This will be used to "clone" the mempolicy in
- * a specific context [cpuset] at a later time.  Used to parse tmpfs mpol
- * mount option.  Note that if 'static' or 'relative' mode flags were
- * specified, the input nodemask will already have been saved.  Saving
- * it again is redundant, but safe.
- *
  * On success, returns 0, else 1
  */
-int mpol_parse_str(char *str, struct mempolicy **mpol, int no_context)
+int mpol_parse_str(char *str, struct mempolicy **mpol, int unused)
 {
 	struct mempolicy *new = NULL;
 	unsigned short mode;
-	unsigned short uninitialized_var(mode_flags);
+	unsigned short mode_flags;
 	nodemask_t nodes;
 	char *nodelist = strchr(str, ':');
 	char *flags = strchr(str, '=');
@@ -2433,24 +2425,23 @@ int mpol_parse_str(char *str, struct mempolicy **mpol, int no_context)
 	if (IS_ERR(new))
 		goto out;
 
-	if (no_context) {
-		/* save for contextualization */
-		new->w.user_nodemask = nodes;
-	} else {
-		int ret;
-		NODEMASK_SCRATCH(scratch);
-		if (scratch) {
-			task_lock(current);
-			ret = mpol_set_nodemask(new, &nodes, scratch);
-			task_unlock(current);
-		} else
-			ret = -ENOMEM;
-		NODEMASK_SCRATCH_FREE(scratch);
-		if (ret) {
-			mpol_put(new);
-			goto out;
-		}
-	}
+	/*
+	 * Save nodes for mpol_to_str() to show the tmpfs mount options
+	 * for /proc/mounts, /proc/pid/mounts and /proc/pid/mountinfo.
+	 */
+	if (mode != MPOL_PREFERRED)
+		new->v.nodes = nodes;
+	else if (nodelist)
+		new->v.preferred_node = first_node(nodes);
+	else
+		new->flags |= MPOL_F_LOCAL;
+
+	/*
+	 * Save nodes for contextualization: this will be used to "clone"
+	 * the mempolicy in a specific context [cpuset] at a later time.
+	 */
+	new->w.user_nodemask = nodes;
+
 	err = 0;
 
 out:
@@ -2470,13 +2461,13 @@ out:
  * @buffer:  to contain formatted mempolicy string
  * @maxlen:  length of @buffer
  * @pol:  pointer to mempolicy to be formatted
- * @no_context:  "context free" mempolicy - use nodemask in w.user_nodemask
+ * @unused:  redundant argument, to be removed later.
  *
  * Convert a mempolicy into a string.
  * Returns the number of characters in buffer (if positive)
  * or an error (negative)
  */
-int mpol_to_str(char *buffer, int maxlen, struct mempolicy *pol, int no_context)
+int mpol_to_str(char *buffer, int maxlen, struct mempolicy *pol, int unused)
 {
 	char *p = buffer;
 	int l;
@@ -2502,7 +2493,7 @@ int mpol_to_str(char *buffer, int maxlen, struct mempolicy *pol, int no_context)
 	case MPOL_PREFERRED:
 		nodes_clear(nodes);
 		if (flags & MPOL_F_LOCAL)
-			mode = MPOL_LOCAL;	/* pseudo-policy */
+			mode = MPOL_LOCAL;
 		else
 			node_set(pol->v.preferred_node, nodes);
 		break;
@@ -2510,10 +2501,7 @@ int mpol_to_str(char *buffer, int maxlen, struct mempolicy *pol, int no_context)
 	case MPOL_BIND:
 		/* Fall through */
 	case MPOL_INTERLEAVE:
-		if (no_context)
-			nodes = pol->w.user_nodemask;
-		else
-			nodes = pol->v.nodes;
+		nodes = pol->v.nodes;
 		break;
 
 	default: