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-rw-r--r--mm/ksm.c12
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
index a558da9e7177..281c00129a2e 100644
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -2112,8 +2112,16 @@ static void cmp_and_merge_page(struct page *page, struct rmap_item *rmap_item)
down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
vma = find_mergeable_vma(mm, rmap_item->address);
- err = try_to_merge_one_page(vma, page,
- ZERO_PAGE(rmap_item->address));
+ if (vma) {
+ err = try_to_merge_one_page(vma, page,
+ ZERO_PAGE(rmap_item->address));
+ } else {
+ /*
+ * If the vma is out of date, we do not need to
+ * continue.
+ */
+ err = 0;
+ }
up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
/*
* In case of failure, the page was not really empty, so we