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authorDmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>2012-03-20 04:02:01 +0400
committerDmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>2012-03-20 04:02:01 +0400
commit10ce3cc919f50c2043b41ca968b43c26a3672600 (patch)
treeea409366a5208aced495bc0516a08b81fd43222e /mm/mremap.c
parent24e3e5ae1e4c2a3a32f5b1f96b4e3fd721806acd (diff)
parent5c6a7a62c130afef3d61c1dee153012231ff5cd9 (diff)
downloadlinux-10ce3cc919f50c2043b41ca968b43c26a3672600.tar.xz
Merge branch 'next' into for-linus
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diff --git a/mm/mremap.c b/mm/mremap.c
index d6959cb4df58..87bb8393e7d2 100644
--- a/mm/mremap.c
+++ b/mm/mremap.c
@@ -221,6 +221,15 @@ static unsigned long move_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
moved_len = move_page_tables(vma, old_addr, new_vma, new_addr, old_len);
if (moved_len < old_len) {
/*
+ * Before moving the page tables from the new vma to
+ * the old vma, we need to be sure the old vma is
+ * queued after new vma in the same_anon_vma list to
+ * prevent SMP races with rmap_walk (that could lead
+ * rmap_walk to miss some page table).
+ */
+ anon_vma_moveto_tail(vma);
+
+ /*
* On error, move entries back from new area to old,
* which will succeed since page tables still there,
* and then proceed to unmap new area instead of old.