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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
index d17c7d57d0d8..281c00129a2e 100644
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ static inline bool ksm_test_exit(struct mm_struct *mm)
/*
* We use break_ksm to break COW on a ksm page: it's a stripped down
*
- * if (get_user_pages(addr, 1, 1, 1, &page, NULL) == 1)
+ * if (get_user_pages(addr, 1, FOLL_WRITE, &page, NULL) == 1)
* put_page(page);
*
* but taking great care only to touch a ksm page, in a VM_MERGEABLE vma,
@@ -2112,8 +2112,16 @@ static void cmp_and_merge_page(struct page *page, struct rmap_item *rmap_item)
down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
vma = find_mergeable_vma(mm, rmap_item->address);
- err = try_to_merge_one_page(vma, page,
- ZERO_PAGE(rmap_item->address));
+ if (vma) {
+ err = try_to_merge_one_page(vma, page,
+ ZERO_PAGE(rmap_item->address));
+ } else {
+ /*
+ * If the vma is out of date, we do not need to
+ * continue.
+ */
+ err = 0;
+ }
up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
/*
* In case of failure, the page was not really empty, so we
@@ -2813,8 +2821,7 @@ static int ksm_memory_callback(struct notifier_block *self,
*/
ksm_check_stable_tree(mn->start_pfn,
mn->start_pfn + mn->nr_pages);
- /* fallthrough */
-
+ fallthrough;
case MEM_CANCEL_OFFLINE:
mutex_lock(&ksm_thread_mutex);
ksm_run &= ~KSM_RUN_OFFLINE;