I don't have NET-DMA usable device. I hope to get expert review. ========================= Subject: [Untested][RFC][PATCH] fix wrong get_user_pages usage in iovlock.c down_read(mmap_sem) get_user_pages() up_read(mmap_sem) is fork unsafe. fix it. Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Maciej Sosnowski <maciej.sosnowski@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Chris Leech <christopher.leech@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- drivers/dma/iovlock.c | 18 ++++++------------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) Index: b/drivers/dma/iovlock.c =================================================================== --- a/drivers/dma/iovlock.c 2009-02-21 16:53:23.000000000 +0900 +++ b/drivers/dma/iovlock.c 2009-04-13 04:46:02.000000000 +0900 @@ -94,18 +94,10 @@ struct dma_pinned_list *dma_pin_iovec_pa pages += page_list->nr_pages; /* pin pages down */ - down_read(¤t->mm->mmap_sem); - ret = get_user_pages( - current, - current->mm, - (unsigned long) iov[i].iov_base, - page_list->nr_pages, - 1, /* write */ - 0, /* force */ - page_list->pages, - NULL); - up_read(¤t->mm->mmap_sem); - + down_read(¤t->mm->mm_pinned_sem); + ret = get_user_pages_fast((unsigned long) iov[i].iov_base, + page_list->nr_pages, 1, + page_list->pages); if (ret != page_list->nr_pages) goto unpin; @@ -127,6 +119,8 @@ void dma_unpin_iovec_pages(struct dma_pi if (!pinned_list) return; + up_read(¤t->mm->mm_pinned_sem); + for (i = 0; i < pinned_list->nr_iovecs; i++) { struct dma_page_list *page_list = &pinned_list->page_list[i]; for (j = 0; j < page_list->nr_pages; j++) { -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html