[PATCH] dup_mmap: update comment on new vma
Remove part of comment on linking new vma in dup_mmap: since anon_vma rmap came in, try_to_unmap_one knows the vma without needing find_vma. But add a comment to note that here vma is inserted without mmap_sem. Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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@ -250,8 +250,9 @@ static inline int dup_mmap(struct mm_struct * mm, struct mm_struct * oldmm)
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/*
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* Link in the new vma and copy the page table entries:
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* link in first so that swapoff can see swap entries,
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* and try_to_unmap_one's find_vma find the new vma.
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* link in first so that swapoff can see swap entries.
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* Note that, exceptionally, here the vma is inserted
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* without holding mm->mmap_sem.
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*/
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spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock);
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*pprev = tmp;
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