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Date: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 18:54:18 +0100
From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/18] mm, fork: make dup_mmap wait for mmap_sem for
 write killable
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On 02/29, Michal Hocko wrote:
>
> --- a/kernel/fork.c
> +++ b/kernel/fork.c
> @@ -413,7 +413,10 @@ static int dup_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm, struct mm_struct *oldmm)
>  	unsigned long charge;
>  
>  	uprobe_start_dup_mmap();
> -	down_write(&oldmm->mmap_sem);
> +	if (down_write_killable(&oldmm->mmap_sem)) {
> +		uprobe_end_dup_mmap();
> +		return -EINTR;
> +	}

This is really cosmetic and subjective, I won't insist if you prefer it this way.

But perhaps it makes sense to add another "fail" label above uprobe_end_dup_mmap()
we already have... IMO it is always better to avoid duplicating when it comes to
"unlock".

Oleg.

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