linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] do_wp_page: remove the 'reuse' flag

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Date:	Wed, 17 Nov 2010 04:23:56 -0800
From:	Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com>
To:	linux-mm@...ck.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Kosaki Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...nel.dk>,
	Theodore Tso <tytso@...gle.com>,
	Michael Rubin <mrubin@...gle.com>,
	Suleiman Souhlal <suleiman@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] do_wp_page: remove the 'reuse' flag

Reorganize the code to remove the 'reuse' flag. No behavior changes.

Signed-off-by: Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com>
---
 mm/memory.c |   11 +++++------
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 0e18b4d..810a75f 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -2110,7 +2110,7 @@ static int do_wp_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 {
 	struct page *old_page, *new_page;
 	pte_t entry;
-	int reuse = 0, ret = 0;
+	int ret = 0;
 	int page_mkwrite = 0;
 	struct page *dirty_page = NULL;
 
@@ -2147,14 +2147,16 @@ static int do_wp_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 			}
 			page_cache_release(old_page);
 		}
-		reuse = reuse_swap_page(old_page);
-		if (reuse)
+		if (reuse_swap_page(old_page)) {
 			/*
 			 * The page is all ours.  Move it to our anon_vma so
 			 * the rmap code will not search our parent or siblings.
 			 * Protected against the rmap code by the page lock.
 			 */
 			page_move_anon_rmap(old_page, vma, address);
+			unlock_page(old_page);
+			goto reuse;
+		}
 		unlock_page(old_page);
 	} else if (unlikely((vma->vm_flags & (VM_WRITE|VM_SHARED)) ==
 					(VM_WRITE|VM_SHARED))) {
@@ -2218,10 +2220,7 @@ static int do_wp_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		}
 		dirty_page = old_page;
 		get_page(dirty_page);
-		reuse = 1;
-	}
 
-	if (reuse) {
 reuse:
 		flush_cache_page(vma, address, pte_pfn(orig_pte));
 		entry = pte_mkyoung(orig_pte);
-- 
1.7.3.1

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