Re: Question: cpuset_update_task_memory_state() and mmap_sem ???

[Lee Schermerhorn <Lee.Schermerhorn@hp.com>]

On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 23:06 -0700, Paul Jackson wrote:
> Lee wrote:
> > In the comment block for the subject function in cpuset.c, it notes that
> > "This routine also might acquire callback_mutex and
> > current->mm->mmap_sem."
> > 
> > Is this is a stale comment?  I can't find any path from this function to
> > a down_{read|write}() on the caller's mmap_sem [in 23-rc2-mm2].  I
> > suspect that one would have noticed, as
> > cpuset_update_task_memory_state() is called from
> > alloc_page_vma() which, according to its comment block, can only be
> > called with the mmap_sem held [for read, at least].
> 
> Hmmm ... you may be right  But I'm not sure.
> 
> Obviously, the callback_mutex mention in the comment is correct,
> but the current->mm->mmap_sem mention seems bogus.
> 
> The routine mpol_rebind_task() is called from the last line of
> cpuset_update_task_memory_state().  Whatever mmap_sem is taken
> would be within that call.  But I can't find any taking of
> mmap_sem within or below mpol_rebind_task(), and all the code
> paths in mm/mempolicy.c that do take mmap_sem locks seem to be
> on unrelated code paths.
> 
> I tried looking in a few old versions of kernel/cpuset.c and
> mm/mempolicy.c to see if the mention of current->mm->mmap_sem
> made more sense in some old version, but didn't see any version
> of code that justified that comment.
> 
> ... would you like to propose a patch, nuking the phrase:
> 
>    and current->mm->mmap_sem
> 
> from that comment?

If that's the correct thing to do, sure.  Just wanted to check with you
whether I was missing something.   

Lee
> 

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