Do the very same trick as we already do since 04f5866e41fb. KSM hints
will require locking mmap_sem for write since they modify vm_flags, so
for remote KSM hinting this additional check is needed.
Signed-off-by: Oleksandr Natalenko <oleksandr@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/madvise.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index 9755340da157..84f899b1b6da 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -1049,6 +1049,8 @@ static int madvise_common(struct task_struct *task, struct mm_struct *mm,
if (write) {
if (down_write_killable(&mm->mmap_sem))
return -EINTR;
+ if (current->mm != mm && !mmget_still_valid(mm))
+ goto skip_mm;
} else {
down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
}
@@ -1099,6 +1101,7 @@ static int madvise_common(struct task_struct *task, struct mm_struct *mm,
}
out:
blk_finish_plug(&plug);
+skip_mm:
if (write)
up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
else
--
2.22.0
