Unfortunately, p?d_alloc() and p?d_free() are not pair!! If p?d_alloc()
succeed, they may be used, so in the next failure, we have to skip them
to let exit_mmap() or do_munmap() to process it.

According to "Documentation/vm/locking", 'mm->page_table_lock' is for
using vma list, so not need it when its related vmas are detached or
unmapped from using vma list.

The related work flow:

  exit_mmap() ->
    unmap_vmas(); /* so not need mm->page_table_lock */
    free_pgtables();

  do_munmap()->
    detach_vmas_to_be_unmapped(); /* so not need mm->page_table_lock */
    unmap_region() ->
      free_pgtables();

  free_pgtables() ->
    free_pgd_range() ->
      free_pud_range() ->
        free_pmd_range() ->
          free_pte_range() ->
            pmd_clear();
            pte_free_tlb();
          pud_clear();
          pmd_free_tlb();
        pgd_clear(); 
        pud_free_tlb();


Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.c...@asianux.com>
---
 arch/um/kernel/skas/mmu.c |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/skas/mmu.c b/arch/um/kernel/skas/mmu.c
index 007d550..3fd1951 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/skas/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/skas/mmu.c
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ static int init_stub_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long 
proc,
        return 0;
 
  out_pte:
-       pmd_free(mm, pmd);
+       /* used by mm->pgd->pud, will free in do_munmap() or exit_mmap() */
  out_pmd:
-       pud_free(mm, pud);
+       /* used by mm->pgd, will free in do_munmap() or exit_mmap() */
  out:
        return -ENOMEM;
 }
-- 
1.7.7.6

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