On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 12:53:26AM +0300, Oded Gabbay wrote: > mm/rmap.c | 8 ++++++-- > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c > index 196cd0c..73d4c3d 100644 > --- a/mm/rmap.c > +++ b/mm/rmap.c > @@ -1231,13 +1231,17 @@ static int try_to_unmap_one(struct page *page, struct > vm_area_struct *vma, > } else > dec_mm_counter(mm, MM_FILEPAGES); > > + pte_unmap_unlock(pte, ptl); > + > + mmu_notifier_invalidate_page(vma, address, event); > + > page_remove_rmap(page); > page_cache_release(page); > > + return ret; > + > out_unmap: > pte_unmap_unlock(pte, ptl); > - if (ret != SWAP_FAIL && !(flags & TTU_MUNLOCK)) > - mmu_notifier_invalidate_page(vma, address, event); > out: > return ret;
I think there is no bug. In that function the page is just unmapped, removed from the rmap (page_remove_rmap), and the LRU list (page_cache_release). The page itself is not released in this function, so the call mmu_notifier_invalidate_page() at the end is fine. Joerg