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-rw-r--r--mm/mempolicy.c22
-rw-r--r--mm/shmem.c22
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 31 deletions
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 5dce7d4..04282ba 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -1973,28 +1973,6 @@ struct mempolicy *__mpol_dup(struct mempolicy *old)
return new;
}
-/*
- * If *frompol needs [has] an extra ref, copy *frompol to *tompol ,
- * eliminate the * MPOL_F_* flags that require conditional ref and
- * [NOTE!!!] drop the extra ref. Not safe to reference *frompol directly
- * after return. Use the returned value.
- *
- * Allows use of a mempolicy for, e.g., multiple allocations with a single
- * policy lookup, even if the policy needs/has extra ref on lookup.
- * shmem_readahead needs this.
- */
-struct mempolicy *__mpol_cond_copy(struct mempolicy *tompol,
- struct mempolicy *frompol)
-{
- if (!mpol_needs_cond_ref(frompol))
- return frompol;
-
- *tompol = *frompol;
- tompol->flags &= ~MPOL_F_SHARED; /* copy doesn't need unref */
- __mpol_put(frompol);
- return tompol;
-}
-
/* Slow path of a mempolicy comparison */
int __mpol_equal(struct mempolicy *a, struct mempolicy *b)
{
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 769941f..b952332 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1168,19 +1168,20 @@ static struct mempolicy *shmem_get_sbmpol(struct shmem_sb_info *sbinfo)
static struct page *shmem_swapin(swp_entry_t entry, gfp_t gfp,
struct shmem_inode_info *info, unsigned long idx)
{
- struct mempolicy mpol, *spol;
struct vm_area_struct pvma;
struct page *page;
- spol = mpol_cond_copy(&mpol,
- mpol_shared_policy_lookup(&info->policy, idx));
-
/* Create a pseudo vma that just contains the policy */
pvma.vm_start = 0;
pvma.vm_pgoff = idx;
pvma.vm_ops = NULL;
- pvma.vm_policy = spol;
+ pvma.vm_policy = mpol_shared_policy_lookup(&info->policy, idx);
+
page = swapin_readahead(entry, gfp, &pvma, 0);
+
+ /* Drop reference taken by mpol_shared_policy_lookup() */
+ mpol_cond_put(pvma.vm_policy);
+
return page;
}
@@ -1188,6 +1189,7 @@ static struct page *shmem_alloc_page(gfp_t gfp,
struct shmem_inode_info *info, unsigned long idx)
{
struct vm_area_struct pvma;
+ struct page *page;
/* Create a pseudo vma that just contains the policy */
pvma.vm_start = 0;
@@ -1195,10 +1197,12 @@ static struct page *shmem_alloc_page(gfp_t gfp,
pvma.vm_ops = NULL;
pvma.vm_policy = mpol_shared_policy_lookup(&info->policy, idx);
- /*
- * alloc_page_vma() will drop the shared policy reference
- */
- return alloc_page_vma(gfp, &pvma, 0);
+ page = alloc_page_vma(gfp, &pvma, 0);
+
+ /* Drop reference taken by mpol_shared_policy_lookup() */
+ mpol_cond_put(pvma.vm_policy);
+
+ return page;
}
#else /* !CONFIG_NUMA */
#ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS