Merge branch 'sh/stable-updates'

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 44 deletions

diff --git a/mm/mlock.c b/mm/mlock.c
index 2904a347e476..037161d61b4e 100644
--- a/mm/mlock.c
+++ b/mm/mlock.c
@@ -294,14 +294,10 @@ static inline int __mlock_posix_error_return(long retval)
  *
  * return number of pages [> 0] to be removed from locked_vm on success
  * of "special" vmas.
- *
- * return negative error if vma spanning @start-@range disappears while
- * mmap semaphore is dropped.  Unlikely?
  */
 long mlock_vma_pages_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 			unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
-	struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
 	int nr_pages = (end - start) / PAGE_SIZE;
 	BUG_ON(!(vma->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED));
 
@@ -314,20 +310,11 @@ long mlock_vma_pages_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	if (!((vma->vm_flags & (VM_DONTEXPAND | VM_RESERVED)) ||
 			is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) ||
 			vma == get_gate_vma(current))) {
-		long error;
-		downgrade_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
-
-		error = __mlock_vma_pages_range(vma, start, end, 1);
 
-		up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
-		/* vma can change or disappear */
-		down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
-		vma = find_vma(mm, start);
-		/* non-NULL vma must contain @start, but need to check @end */
-		if (!vma ||  end > vma->vm_end)
-			return -ENOMEM;
+		__mlock_vma_pages_range(vma, start, end, 1);
 
-		return 0;	/* hide other errors from mmap(), et al */
+		/* Hide errors from mmap() and other callers */
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -438,41 +425,14 @@ success:
 	vma->vm_flags = newflags;
 
 	if (lock) {
-		/*
-		 * mmap_sem is currently held for write.  Downgrade the write
-		 * lock to a read lock so that other faults, mmap scans, ...
-		 * while we fault in all pages.
-		 */
-		downgrade_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
-
 		ret = __mlock_vma_pages_range(vma, start, end, 1);
 
-		/*
-		 * Need to reacquire mmap sem in write mode, as our callers
-		 * expect this.  We have no support for atomically upgrading
-		 * a sem to write, so we need to check for ranges while sem
-		 * is unlocked.
-		 */
-		up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
-		/* vma can change or disappear */
-		down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
-		*prev = find_vma(mm, start);
-		/* non-NULL *prev must contain @start, but need to check @end */
-		if (!(*prev) || end > (*prev)->vm_end)
-			ret = -ENOMEM;
-		else if (ret > 0) {
+		if (ret > 0) {
 			mm->locked_vm -= ret;
 			ret = 0;
 		} else
 			ret = __mlock_posix_error_return(ret); /* translate if needed */
 	} else {
-		/*
-		 * TODO:  for unlocking, pages will already be resident, so
-		 * we don't need to wait for allocations/reclaim/pagein, ...
-		 * However, unlocking a very large region can still take a
-		 * while.  Should we downgrade the semaphore for both lock
-		 * AND unlock ?
-		 */
 		__mlock_vma_pages_range(vma, start, end, 0);
 	}