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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/memory.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/memory.c | 27 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c index d7e497e98f46..c6565f00fb38 100644 --- a/mm/memory.c +++ b/mm/memory.c @@ -2137,17 +2137,24 @@ reuse: if (!dirty_page) return ret; - /* - * Yes, Virginia, this is actually required to prevent a race - * with clear_page_dirty_for_io() from clearing the page dirty - * bit after it clear all dirty ptes, but before a racing - * do_wp_page installs a dirty pte. - * - * do_shared_fault is protected similarly. - */ if (!page_mkwrite) { - wait_on_page_locked(dirty_page); - set_page_dirty_balance(dirty_page); + struct address_space *mapping; + int dirtied; + + lock_page(dirty_page); + dirtied = set_page_dirty(dirty_page); + VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageAnon(dirty_page), dirty_page); + mapping = dirty_page->mapping; + unlock_page(dirty_page); + + if (dirtied && mapping) { + /* + * Some device drivers do not set page.mapping + * but still dirty their pages + */ + balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(mapping); + } + /* file_update_time outside page_lock */ if (vma->vm_file) file_update_time(vma->vm_file); |