@@ -2187,14 +2187,11 @@ static void cmp_and_merge_page(struct page *page, struct ksm_rmap_item *rmap_ite
}
}
-static struct ksm_rmap_item *get_next_rmap_item(struct ksm_mm_slot *mm_slot,
- struct ksm_rmap_item **rmap_list,
- unsigned long addr)
+static struct ksm_rmap_item *try_to_get_old_rmap_item(unsigned long addr,
+ struct ksm_rmap_item **rmap_list)
{
- struct ksm_rmap_item *rmap_item;
-
while (*rmap_list) {
- rmap_item = *rmap_list;
+ struct ksm_rmap_item *rmap_item = *rmap_list;
if ((rmap_item->address & PAGE_MASK) == addr)
return rmap_item;
if (rmap_item->address > addr)
@@ -2204,6 +2201,21 @@ static struct ksm_rmap_item *get_next_rmap_item(struct ksm_mm_slot *mm_slot,
free_rmap_item(rmap_item);
}
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+static struct ksm_rmap_item *get_next_rmap_item(struct ksm_mm_slot *mm_slot,
+ struct ksm_rmap_item **rmap_list,
+ unsigned long addr)
+{
+ struct ksm_rmap_item *rmap_item;
+
+ /* lookup if we have a old rmap_item matching the addr*/
+ rmap_item = try_to_get_old_rmap_item(addr, rmap_list);
+ if (rmap_item)
+ return rmap_item;
+
+ /* Need to allocate a new rmap_item */
rmap_item = alloc_rmap_item();
if (rmap_item) {
/* It has already been zeroed */