1 files changed, 30 insertions, 26 deletions

diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index 2ee1ef0..cf7e99a 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -562,6 +562,27 @@ unsigned long page_address_in_vma(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	return address;
 }
 
+pmd_t *mm_find_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
+{
+	pgd_t *pgd;
+	pud_t *pud;
+	pmd_t *pmd = NULL;
+
+	pgd = pgd_offset(mm, address);
+	if (!pgd_present(*pgd))
+		goto out;
+
+	pud = pud_offset(pgd, address);
+	if (!pud_present(*pud))
+		goto out;
+
+	pmd = pmd_offset(pud, address);
+	if (!pmd_present(*pmd))
+		pmd = NULL;
+out:
+	return pmd;
+}
+
 /*
  * Check that @page is mapped at @address into @mm.
  *
@@ -574,8 +595,6 @@ unsigned long page_address_in_vma(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 pte_t *__page_check_address(struct page *page, struct mm_struct *mm,
 			  unsigned long address, spinlock_t **ptlp, int sync)
 {
-	pgd_t *pgd;
-	pud_t *pud;
 	pmd_t *pmd;
 	pte_t *pte;
 	spinlock_t *ptl;
@@ -586,17 +605,10 @@ pte_t *__page_check_address(struct page *page, struct mm_struct *mm,
 		goto check;
 	}
 
-	pgd = pgd_offset(mm, address);
-	if (!pgd_present(*pgd))
-		return NULL;
-
-	pud = pud_offset(pgd, address);
-	if (!pud_present(*pud))
+	pmd = mm_find_pmd(mm, address);
+	if (!pmd)
 		return NULL;
 
-	pmd = pmd_offset(pud, address);
-	if (!pmd_present(*pmd))
-		return NULL;
 	if (pmd_trans_huge(*pmd))
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -1139,9 +1151,11 @@ void page_remove_rmap(struct page *page)
 	 * containing the swap entry, but page not yet written to swap.
 	 *
 	 * And we can skip it on file pages, so long as the filesystem
-	 * participates in dirty tracking; but need to catch shm and tmpfs
-	 * and ramfs pages which have been modified since creation by read
-	 * fault.
+	 * participates in dirty tracking (note that this is not only an
+	 * optimization but also solves problems caused by dirty flag in
+	 * storage key getting set by a write from inside kernel); but need to
+	 * catch shm and tmpfs and ramfs pages which have been modified since
+	 * creation by read fault.
 	 *
 	 * Note that mapping must be decided above, before decrementing
 	 * mapcount (which luckily provides a barrier): once page is unmapped,
@@ -1345,8 +1359,6 @@ static int try_to_unmap_cluster(unsigned long cursor, unsigned int *mapcount,
 		struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page *check_page)
 {
 	struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
-	pgd_t *pgd;
-	pud_t *pud;
 	pmd_t *pmd;
 	pte_t *pte;
 	pte_t pteval;
@@ -1366,16 +1378,8 @@ static int try_to_unmap_cluster(unsigned long cursor, unsigned int *mapcount,
 	if (end > vma->vm_end)
 		end = vma->vm_end;
 
-	pgd = pgd_offset(mm, address);
-	if (!pgd_present(*pgd))
-		return ret;
-
-	pud = pud_offset(pgd, address);
-	if (!pud_present(*pud))
-		return ret;
-
-	pmd = pmd_offset(pud, address);
-	if (!pmd_present(*pmd))
+	pmd = mm_find_pmd(mm, address);
+	if (!pmd)
 		return ret;
 
 	mmun_start = address;