linux-kernel - [PATCHv4 13/25] thp: prepare change_huge

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Message-Id: <1457737157-38573-14-git-send-email-kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Date:	Sat, 12 Mar 2016 01:59:05 +0300
From:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...two.org>,
	Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>,
	Jerome Marchand <jmarchan@...hat.com>,
	Yang Shi <yang.shi@...aro.org>,
	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCHv4 13/25] thp: prepare change_huge_pmd() for file thp

change_huge_pmd() has assert which is not relvant for file page.
For shared mapping it's perfectly fine to have page table entry
writable, without explicit mkwrite.

Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
---
 mm/huge_memory.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 0ef06d47bd24..93f5b50490df 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -1786,7 +1786,8 @@ int change_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
 				entry = pmd_mkwrite(entry);
 			ret = HPAGE_PMD_NR;
 			set_pmd_at(mm, addr, pmd, entry);
-			BUG_ON(!preserve_write && pmd_write(entry));
+			BUG_ON(vma_is_anonymous(vma) && !preserve_write &&
+					pmd_write(entry));
 		}
 		spin_unlock(ptl);
 	}
-- 
2.7.0