--- linux-2.6.20.x86_64/mm/memory.c.flushme 2007-04-23 22:26:06.000000000 -0400 +++ linux-2.6.20.x86_64/mm/memory.c 2007-04-23 22:42:06.000000000 -0400 @@ -628,6 +628,7 @@ static unsigned long zap_pte_range(struc long *zap_work, struct zap_details *details) { struct mm_struct *mm = tlb->mm; + unsigned long start_addr = addr; pte_t *pte; spinlock_t *ptl; int file_rss = 0; @@ -726,6 +727,11 @@ static unsigned long zap_pte_range(struc add_mm_rss(mm, file_rss, anon_rss); arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode(); + if (details && details->madv_free) { + /* Protect against MADV_DONTNEED or unmap_mapping_range */ + tlb_finish_mmu(tlb, start_addr, addr); + tlb = tlb_gather_mmu(mm, 0); + } pte_unmap_unlock(pte - 1, ptl); return addr;