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x86/vdso: On timens page fault prefault also VVAR page 

As timens page has offsets to data on VVAR page VVAR is going
to be accessed shortly. Set it up with timens in one page fault
as optimization.

Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Co-developed-by: Andrei Vagin <avagin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrei Vagin <avagin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Safonov <dima@arista.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191112012724.250792-26-dima@arista.com
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Dmitry Safonov 2019-11-12 01:27:14 +00:00 committed by Thomas Gleixner
parent af34ebeb86
commit e6b28ec65b
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@ -170,8 +170,23 @@ static vm_fault_t vvar_fault(const struct vm_special_mapping *sm,
* offset.
* See also the comment near timens_setup_vdso_data().
*/
if (timens_page)
if (timens_page) {
unsigned long addr;
vm_fault_t err;
/*
* Optimization: inside time namespace pre-fault
* VVAR page too. As on timens page there are only
* offsets for clocks on VVAR, it'll be faulted
* shortly by VDSO code.
*/
addr = vmf->address + (image->sym_timens_page - sym_offset);
err = vmf_insert_pfn(vma, addr, pfn);
if (unlikely(err & VM_FAULT_ERROR))
return err;
pfn = page_to_pfn(timens_page);
}
return vmf_insert_pfn(vma, vmf->address, pfn);
} else if (sym_offset == image->sym_pvclock_page) {