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| author |   Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> | 2009-12-14 17:59:53 -0800 |
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| committer |   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-12-15 08:53:23 -0800 |
| commit | 4eb2b1dcd598f8489130405c81c60c289896d92a (patch) | |
| tree | 87bf0dec35f55688595447de65eb95952eb3dabc /mm/migrate.c | |
| parent | 'sysctl_max_map_count' should be non-negative (diff) | |
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hugetlb: acquire the i_mmap_lock before walking the prio_tree to unmap a page
When the owner of a mapping fails COW because a child process is holding a
reference, the children VMAs are walked and the page is unmapped. The
i_mmap_lock is taken for the unmapping of the page but not the walking of
the prio_tree. In theory, that tree could be changing if the lock is not
held. This patch takes the i_mmap_lock properly for the duration of the
prio_tree walk.
[hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk: Spotted the problem in the first place]
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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