linux-kernel - [patch -mm 2/2] smaps: use ptep_test_and_clear

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Date:	Sun, 25 Mar 2007 17:35:54 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch -mm 2/2] smaps: use ptep_test_and_clear_young

Use arch-specified ptep_test_and_clear_young() to clear the pte accessed
bits for /proc/pid/clear_refs.  This avoids a race condition if a pte is
modified between pte_mkold() and set_pte_at().

Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>
Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
---
 fs/proc/task_mmu.c |    5 +----
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -277,10 +277,7 @@ static void clear_refs_one_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
 			continue;
 
 		/* Clear accessed and referenced bits. */
-		if (pte_young(ptent)) {
-			ptent = pte_mkold(ptent);
-			set_pte_at(vma->vm_mm, addr, pte, ptent);
-		}
+		ptep_test_and_clear_young(vma, addr, pte);
 		ClearPageReferenced(page);
 	}
 	pte_unmap_unlock(pte - 1, ptl);
-
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