Merge tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/borntraeger...

[cascardo/linux.git] / mm / memory.c

diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index d8aebc5..649e7d4 100644 (file)
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3195,7 +3195,16 @@ static int handle_pte_fault(struct mm_struct *mm,
        pte_t entry;
        spinlock_t *ptl;
 
-       entry = ACCESS_ONCE(*pte);
+       /*
+        * some architectures can have larger ptes than wordsize,
+        * e.g.ppc44x-defconfig has CONFIG_PTE_64BIT=y and CONFIG_32BIT=y,
+        * so READ_ONCE or ACCESS_ONCE cannot guarantee atomic accesses.
+        * The code below just needs a consistent view for the ifs and
+        * we later double check anyway with the ptl lock held. So here
+        * a barrier will do.
+        */
+       entry = *pte;
+       barrier();
        if (!pte_present(entry)) {
                if (pte_none(entry)) {
                        if (vma->vm_ops) {