[PATCH 5/9] mm: uml pte atomicity

[Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>]

There's usually a good reason when a pte is examined without the lock;
but it makes me nervous when the pointer is dereferenced more than once.

Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
---

 arch/um/kernel/process_kern.c |    8 +++++---
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- mm4/arch/um/kernel/process_kern.c	2005-10-17 12:05:14.000000000 +0100
+++ mm5/arch/um/kernel/process_kern.c	2005-10-22 14:06:58.000000000 +0100
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ void *um_virt_to_phys(struct task_struct
 	pud_t *pud;
 	pmd_t *pmd;
 	pte_t *pte;
+	pte_t ptent;
 
 	if(task->mm == NULL) 
 		return(ERR_PTR(-EINVAL));
@@ -238,12 +239,13 @@ void *um_virt_to_phys(struct task_struct
 		return(ERR_PTR(-EINVAL));
 
 	pte = pte_offset_kernel(pmd, addr);
-	if(!pte_present(*pte)) 
+	ptent = *pte;
+	if(!pte_present(ptent)) 
 		return(ERR_PTR(-EINVAL));
 
 	if(pte_out != NULL)
-		*pte_out = *pte;
-	return((void *) (pte_val(*pte) & PAGE_MASK) + (addr & ~PAGE_MASK));
+		*pte_out = ptent;
+	return((void *) (pte_val(ptent) & PAGE_MASK) + (addr & ~PAGE_MASK));
 }
 
 char *current_cmd(void)
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