Hello, Dan. 2012/12/2 Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>: > On Sat, Dec 01, 2012 at 02:45:57AM +0900, Joonsoo Kim wrote: >> @@ -614,21 +616,35 @@ static int ashmem_pin_unpin(struct ashmem_area *asma, unsigned long cmd, >> pgstart = pin.offset / PAGE_SIZE; >> pgend = pgstart + (pin.len / PAGE_SIZE) - 1; >> >> - mutex_lock(&ashmem_mutex); >> + if (asma->shared_mapping) { >> + mutex_lock(&ashmem_mutex); > > Wouldn't we need to hold the mutex while we check the > ->shared_mapping? I doesn't fully understand ashmem's lock semantic. Code for retrieving some value of asma instance doesn't hold the mutex, now. For example, in ashmem_ioctl(), asma->size, asma->prot_mask. And in ashmem_pin_unpin(), there is asma->file, asma->size which is retrieved without the mutex. According to this semantic, the mutex doesn't need for checking asma->shared_mapping. Thanks for review! _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel