On 9/19/18 7:03 PM, Yang Shi wrote:
> When unmapping VM_PFNMAP mappings, vm flags need to be updated. Since
> the vmas have been detached, so it sounds safe to update vm flags with
> read mmap_sem.
> 
> Cc: Michal Hocko <[email protected]>
> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <[email protected]>
> Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Yang Shi <[email protected]>
> ---
>  mm/mmap.c | 9 ---------
>  1 file changed, 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
> index 490340e..847a17d 100644
> --- a/mm/mmap.c
> +++ b/mm/mmap.c
> @@ -2771,15 +2771,6 @@ static int __do_munmap(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned 
> long start, size_t len,
>                               munlock_vma_pages_all(tmp);
>                       }
>  
> -                     /*
> -                      * Unmapping vmas, which have VM_HUGETLB or VM_PFNMAP,

Ah, the comment should have been already updated with the previous
patch. But nevermind as that all goes away.

Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <[email protected]>

> -                      * need get done with write mmap_sem held since they may
> -                      * update vm_flags.
> -                      */
> -                     if (downgrade &&
> -                         (tmp->vm_flags & VM_PFNMAP))
> -                             downgrade = false;
> -
>                       tmp = tmp->vm_next;
>               }
>       }
> 

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