From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wm0-f50.google.com (mail-wm0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27FA36B0009 for ; Tue, 2 Feb 2016 04:21:37 -0500 (EST) Received: by mail-wm0-f50.google.com with SMTP id r129so107961014wmr.0 for ; Tue, 02 Feb 2016 01:21:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-wm0-x22b.google.com (mail-wm0-x22b.google.com. [2a00:1450:400c:c09::22b]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id w127si21182865wmg.35.2016.02.02.01.21.36 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 02 Feb 2016 01:21:36 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-wm0-x22b.google.com with SMTP id r129so107960493wmr.0 for ; Tue, 02 Feb 2016 01:21:36 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 11:21:33 +0200 From: "Kirill A. Shutemov" Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: replace vma_lock_anon_vma with anon_vma_lock_read/write Message-ID: <20160202092133.GA817@node.shutemov.name> References: <145440421918.17103.16454803336779455616.stgit@zurg> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <145440421918.17103.16454803336779455616.stgit@zurg> Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: Konstantin Khlebnikov Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, Andrew Morton , Andrea Arcangeli , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Dmitry Vyukov , Oleg Nesterov On Tue, Feb 02, 2016 at 12:10:19PM +0300, Konstantin Khlebnikov wrote: > Sequence vma_lock_anon_vma() - vma_unlock_anon_vma() isn't safe if > anon_vma appeared between lock and unlock. We have to check anon_vma > first or call anon_vma_prepare() to be sure that it's here. There are > only few users of these legacy helpers. Let's get rid of them. > > This patch fixes anon_vma lock imbalance in validate_mm(). > Write lock isn't required here, read lock is enough. > > And reorders expand_downwards/expand_upwards: security_mmap_addr() and > wrapping-around check don't have to be under anon vma lock. > > Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov > Reported-by: Dmitry Vyukov > Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CACT4Y+Y908EjM2z=706dv4rV6dWtxTLK9nFg9_7DhRMLppBo2g@mail.gmail.com Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov -- Kirill A. Shutemov -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org