David Gibson wrote on Tuesday, October 25, 2005 7:49 PM
> +int hugetlb_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> + unsigned long address, int write_access)
> +{
> + pte_t *ptep;
> + pte_t entry;
> +
> + ptep = huge_pte_alloc(mm, address);
> + if (! ptep)
> + /* OOM */
> + return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
> +
> + entry = *ptep;
> +
> + if (pte_none(entry))
> + return hugetlb_no_page(mm, vma, address, ptep);
> +
> + /* we could get here if another thread instantiated the pte
> + * before the test above */
> +
> + return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
> }
Are you sure about the last return? Looks like a typo to me, if *ptep
is present, it should return VM_FAULT_MINOR.
But the bigger question is: don't you need some lock when checking *ptep?
- Ken
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