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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/dax.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/dax.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -614,6 +614,13 @@ static void dax_mapping_entry_mkclean(struct address_space *mapping, if (follow_pte_pmd(vma->vm_mm, address, &start, &end, &ptep, &pmdp, &ptl)) continue; + /* + * No need to call mmu_notifier_invalidate_range() as we are + * downgrading page table protection not changing it to point + * to a new page. + * + * See Documentation/vm/mmu_notifier.txt + */ if (pmdp) { #ifdef CONFIG_FS_DAX_PMD pmd_t pmd; @@ -628,7 +635,6 @@ static void dax_mapping_entry_mkclean(struct address_space *mapping, pmd = pmd_wrprotect(pmd); pmd = pmd_mkclean(pmd); set_pmd_at(vma->vm_mm, address, pmdp, pmd); - mmu_notifier_invalidate_range(vma->vm_mm, start, end); unlock_pmd: spin_unlock(ptl); #endif @@ -643,7 +649,6 @@ unlock_pmd: pte = pte_wrprotect(pte); pte = pte_mkclean(pte); set_pte_at(vma->vm_mm, address, ptep, pte); - mmu_notifier_invalidate_range(vma->vm_mm, start, end); unlock_pte: pte_unmap_unlock(ptep, ptl); } |