linux-kernel - [patch 2/3] mm: memory: remove ->vm_file check on shared writable vmas

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Message-Id: <1417474682-29326-2-git-send-email-hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Date:	Mon,  1 Dec 2014 17:58:01 -0500
From:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch 2/3] mm: memory: remove ->vm_file check on shared writable vmas

The only way a VMA can have shared and writable semantics is with a
backing file.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
---
 mm/memory.c | 7 ++-----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 73220eb6e9e3..2a2e3648ed65 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -2167,9 +2167,7 @@ reuse:
 				balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(mapping);
 			}
 
-			/* file_update_time outside page_lock */
-			if (vma->vm_file)
-				file_update_time(vma->vm_file);
+			file_update_time(vma->vm_file);
 		}
 		put_page(dirty_page);
 		if (page_mkwrite) {
@@ -3025,8 +3023,7 @@ static int do_shared_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(mapping);
 	}
 
-	/* file_update_time outside page_lock */
-	if (vma->vm_file && !vma->vm_ops->page_mkwrite)
+	if (!vma->vm_ops->page_mkwrite)
 		file_update_time(vma->vm_file);
 
 	return ret;
-- 
2.1.3

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