mmap: save some cycles for the shared anonymous mapping
authorHuang Shijie <shijie8@gmail.com>
Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:03:41 +0000 (17:03 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:17:41 +0000 (07:17 -0700)
shmem_zero_setup() does not change vm_start, pgoff or vm_flags, only some
drivers change them (such as /driver/video/bfin-t350mcqb-fb.c).

Move these codes to a more proper place to save cycles for shared
anonymous mapping.

Signed-off-by: Huang Shijie <shijie8@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
mm/mmap.c

index b6d74b3..1aeef66 100644 (file)
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -1191,21 +1191,21 @@ munmap_back:
                        goto unmap_and_free_vma;
                if (vm_flags & VM_EXECUTABLE)
                        added_exe_file_vma(mm);
+
+               /* Can addr have changed??
+                *
+                * Answer: Yes, several device drivers can do it in their
+                *         f_op->mmap method. -DaveM
+                */
+               addr = vma->vm_start;
+               pgoff = vma->vm_pgoff;
+               vm_flags = vma->vm_flags;
        } else if (vm_flags & VM_SHARED) {
                error = shmem_zero_setup(vma);
                if (error)
                        goto free_vma;
        }
 
-       /* Can addr have changed??
-        *
-        * Answer: Yes, several device drivers can do it in their
-        *         f_op->mmap method. -DaveM
-        */
-       addr = vma->vm_start;
-       pgoff = vma->vm_pgoff;
-       vm_flags = vma->vm_flags;
-
        if (vma_wants_writenotify(vma))
                vma->vm_page_prot = vm_get_page_prot(vm_flags & ~VM_SHARED);