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Subject[PATCH 4/6] mm: hugetlb_vmemmap: add missing smp_wmb() before set_pte_at()
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The memory barrier smp_wmb() is needed to make sure that preceding stores
to the page contents become visible before the below set_pte_at() write.

Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com>
---
mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
index 20f414c0379f..76b2d03a0d8d 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
@@ -287,6 +287,11 @@ static void vmemmap_restore_pte(pte_t *pte, unsigned long addr,
copy_page(to, (void *)walk->reuse_addr);
reset_struct_pages(to);

+ /*
+ * Makes sure that preceding stores to the page contents become visible
+ * before the set_pte_at() write.
+ */
+ smp_wmb();
set_pte_at(&init_mm, addr, pte, mk_pte(page, pgprot));
}

--
2.23.0
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