commit
7e467245bf5226db34c4b12d3cbacfa2f7a15a8b upstream.
We would get wrong results in compiler recomputed old_pmd. Avoid
that by using ACCESS_ONCE
Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
* atomically mark the linux large page PMD busy and dirty
*/
do {
- old_pmd = pmd_val(*pmdp);
+ pmd_t pmd = ACCESS_ONCE(*pmdp);
+
+ old_pmd = pmd_val(pmd);
/* If PMD busy, retry the access */
if (unlikely(old_pmd & _PAGE_BUSY))
return 0;