mm: mprotect: use pmd_trans_unstable instead of taking the pmd_lock
pmd_trans_unstable does an atomic read on the pmd so it doesn't require the pmd_lock for the same check. This also removes the special assumption that the mmap_sem is hold for writing if prot_numa is not set. userfaultfd will hold the mmap_sem only for reading in change_pte_range like prot_numa, but it will not set prot_numa. This is always a valid micro-optimization regardless of userfaultfd. [kirill@shutemov.name: drop unneeded pmd_trans_unstable(pmd) check after __split_huge_pmd()] Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170208120421.GE5578@node.shutemov.name Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161216144821.5183-43-aarcange@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com> Cc: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dgilbert@redhat.com> Cc: Hillf Danton <hillf.zj@alibaba-inc.com> Cc: Michael Rapoport <RAPOPORT@il.ibm.com> Cc: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@parallels.com> Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@shutemov.name> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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