[PATCH] hugetlb: fix linked list corruption in unmap_hugepage_range()
authorChen, Kenneth W <kenneth.w.chen@intel.com>
Wed, 11 Oct 2006 08:20:46 +0000 (01:20 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>
Wed, 11 Oct 2006 18:14:15 +0000 (11:14 -0700)
commit fe1668ae5bf0145014c71797febd9ad5670d5d05 causes kernel to oops with
libhugetlbfs test suite.  The problem is that hugetlb pages can be shared
by multiple mappings.  Multiple threads can fight over page->lru in the
unmap path and bad things happen.  We now serialize __unmap_hugepage_range
to void concurrent linked list manipulation.  Such serialization is also
needed for shared page table page on hugetlb area.  This patch will fixed
the bug and also serve as a prepatch for shared page table.

Signed-off-by: Ken Chen <kenneth.w.chen@intel.com>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
Cc: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

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