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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/mm/fault.c38
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
index 852b319edbd..9b2345c9e0c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
@@ -956,8 +956,10 @@ do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code)
struct task_struct *tsk;
unsigned long address;
struct mm_struct *mm;
- int write;
int fault;
+ int write = error_code & PF_WRITE;
+ unsigned int flags = FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY |
+ (write ? FAULT_FLAG_WRITE : 0);
tsk = current;
mm = tsk->mm;
@@ -1068,6 +1070,7 @@ do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code)
bad_area_nosemaphore(regs, error_code, address);
return;
}
+retry:
down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
} else {
/*
@@ -1111,8 +1114,6 @@ do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code)
* we can handle it..
*/
good_area:
- write = error_code & PF_WRITE;
-
if (unlikely(access_error(error_code, write, vma))) {
bad_area_access_error(regs, error_code, address);
return;
@@ -1123,21 +1124,34 @@ good_area:
* make sure we exit gracefully rather than endlessly redo
* the fault:
*/
- fault = handle_mm_fault(mm, vma, address, write ? FAULT_FLAG_WRITE : 0);
+ fault = handle_mm_fault(mm, vma, address, flags);
if (unlikely(fault & VM_FAULT_ERROR)) {
mm_fault_error(regs, error_code, address, fault);
return;
}
- if (fault & VM_FAULT_MAJOR) {
- tsk->maj_flt++;
- perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ, 1, 0,
- regs, address);
- } else {
- tsk->min_flt++;
- perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MIN, 1, 0,
- regs, address);
+ /*
+ * Major/minor page fault accounting is only done on the
+ * initial attempt. If we go through a retry, it is extremely
+ * likely that the page will be found in page cache at that point.
+ */
+ if (flags & FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY) {
+ if (fault & VM_FAULT_MAJOR) {
+ tsk->maj_flt++;
+ perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ, 1, 0,
+ regs, address);
+ } else {
+ tsk->min_flt++;
+ perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MIN, 1, 0,
+ regs, address);
+ }
+ if (fault & VM_FAULT_RETRY) {
+ /* Clear FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY to avoid any risk
+ * of starvation. */
+ flags &= ~FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY;
+ goto retry;
+ }
}
check_v8086_mode(regs, address, tsk);