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hugetlb: clarify hugetlb_instantiation_mutex usage

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Let's make it clear that we cannot race with other fault handlers due to
hugetlb (global) mutex.  Also make it clear that we want to keep pte_same
checks anayway to have a transition from the global mutex easier.

Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>
Cc: Hillf Danton <dhillf@gmail.com>
Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <jweiner@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Michal Hocko 2012-01-10 15:07:21 -08:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
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@ -2349,6 +2349,9 @@ static int unmap_ref_private(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
/*
* Hugetlb_cow() should be called with page lock of the original hugepage held.
* Called with hugetlb_instantiation_mutex held and pte_page locked so we
* cannot race with other handlers or page migration.
* Keep the pte_same checks anyway to make transition from the mutex easier.
*/
static int hugetlb_cow(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long address, pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte,