[PATCH 4/9] vmalloc: use plain pte_clear() for unmaps

[Jeremy Fitzhardinge]

From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@xxxxxxxxxx>

ptep_get_and_clear() is potentially moderately expensive (at least
an atomic operation, or potentially a trap-and-fault when virtualized)
so use a plain pte_clear().

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 mm/vmalloc.c |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index e95980a..67ce748 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@ static void vunmap_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end)
 
 	pte = pte_offset_kernel(pmd, addr);
 	do {
-		pte_t ptent = ptep_get_and_clear(&init_mm, addr, pte);
+		pte_t ptent = *pte;
 		WARN_ON(!pte_none(ptent) && !pte_present(ptent));
+		pte_clear(&init_mm, addr, pte);
 	} while (pte++, addr += PAGE_SIZE, addr != end);
 }
 
-- 
1.7.3.3

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