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Subject[PATCH 1/3] futex: do not pagefault_disable in futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic()
kernel/futex.c disables page faults before calling
futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic(), so there is no need to do it again
within that function.

Signed-off-by: Michel Lespinasse <walken@google.com>

diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/futex.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/futex.h
index b33fe70..7133a86 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/futex.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/futex.h
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic(int __user *uaddr, int oldval, int newval)
if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, uaddr, sizeof(int)))
return -EFAULT;

- pagefault_disable(); /* implies preempt_disable() */
+ /* Note that preemption is disabled by futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic
+ * call sites. */

__asm__ __volatile__("@futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic\n"
"1: " T(ldr) " %0, [%3]\n"
@@ -115,8 +116,6 @@ futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic(int __user *uaddr, int oldval, int newval)
: "r" (oldval), "r" (newval), "r" (uaddr), "Ir" (-EFAULT)
: "cc", "memory");

- pagefault_enable(); /* subsumes preempt_enable() */
-
return val;
}

--
Michel "Walken" Lespinasse
A program is never fully debugged until the last user dies.

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