Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] android: binder: Don't get mm from task

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On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 08:58:58PM -0400, Sherry Yang wrote:
> Use binder_alloc struct's mm_struct rather than getting
> a reference to the mm struct through get_task_mm to
> avoid a potential deadlock between lru lock, task lock and
> dentry lock, since a thread can be holding the task lock
> and the dentry lock while trying to acquire the lru lock.
> 
> Acked-by: Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sherry Yang <sherryy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/android/binder_alloc.c | 22 +++++++++-------------
>  drivers/android/binder_alloc.h |  1 -
>  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

I've applied these first 2 patches, but patches 3 and 4 I have already
applied to my char-misc-next tree, right?

thanks,

greg k-h
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