2 files changed, 17 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index 5938db54e1d7..b768a1d4fa43 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -543,6 +543,7 @@ static int unmap_and_move(new_page_t get_new_page, unsigned long private,
         int rcu_locked = 0;
         int charge = 0;
         struct mem_cgroup *mem = NULL;
+        struct anon_vma *anon_vma = NULL;
 
         if (!newpage)
                 return -ENOMEM;
@@ -599,6 +600,8 @@ static int unmap_and_move(new_page_t get_new_page, unsigned long private,
         if (PageAnon(page)) {
                 rcu_read_lock();
                 rcu_locked = 1;
+                anon_vma = page_anon_vma(page);
+                atomic_inc(&anon_vma->migrate_refcount);
         }
 
         /*
@@ -638,6 +641,15 @@ skip_unmap:
         if (rc)
                 remove_migration_ptes(page, page);
 rcu_unlock:
+
+        /* Drop an anon_vma reference if we took one */
+        if (anon_vma && atomic_dec_and_lock(&anon_vma->migrate_refcount, &anon_vma->lock)) {
+                int empty = list_empty(&anon_vma->head);
+                spin_unlock(&anon_vma->lock);
+                if (empty)
+                        anon_vma_free(anon_vma);
+        }
+
         if (rcu_locked)
                 rcu_read_unlock();
 uncharge:
diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index 0feeef860a8f..f522cb008646 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -250,7 +250,8 @@ static void anon_vma_unlink(struct anon_vma_chain *anon_vma_chain)
         list_del(&anon_vma_chain->same_anon_vma);
 
         /* We must garbage collect the anon_vma if it's empty */
-        empty = list_empty(&anon_vma->head) && !ksm_refcount(anon_vma);
+        empty = list_empty(&anon_vma->head) && !ksm_refcount(anon_vma) &&
+                                        !migrate_refcount(anon_vma);
         spin_unlock(&anon_vma->lock);
 
         if (empty)
@@ -275,6 +276,7 @@ static void anon_vma_ctor(void *data)
 
         spin_lock_init(&anon_vma->lock);
         ksm_refcount_init(anon_vma);
+        migrate_refcount_init(anon_vma);
         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&anon_vma->head);
 }
 
@@ -1355,10 +1357,8 @@ static int rmap_walk_anon(struct page *page, int (*rmap_one)(struct page *,
         /*
          * Note: remove_migration_ptes() cannot use page_lock_anon_vma()
          * because that depends on page_mapped(); but not all its usages
-         * are holding mmap_sem, which also gave the necessary guarantee
-         * (that this anon_vma's slab has not already been destroyed).
-         * This needs to be reviewed later: avoiding page_lock_anon_vma()
-         * is risky, and currently limits the usefulness of rmap_walk().
+         * are holding mmap_sem. Users without mmap_sem are required to
+         * take a reference count to prevent the anon_vma disappearing
          */
         anon_vma = page_anon_vma(page);
         if (!anon_vma)