Well, while lockdep warning is gone, this problem is remaining. diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c index edabf6f..1e06c29 100644 --- a/mm/memory.c +++ b/mm/memory.c @@ -3931,15 +3931,14 @@ int handle_mm_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address, /* * This mm has been already reaped by the oom reaper and so the * refault cannot be trusted in general. Anonymous refaults would - * lose data and give a zero page instead e.g. This is especially - * problem for use_mm() because regular tasks will just die and - * the corrupted data will not be visible anywhere while kthread - * will outlive the oom victim and potentially propagate the date - * further. + * lose data and give a zero page instead e.g. */ - if (unlikely((current->flags & PF_KTHREAD) && !(ret & VM_FAULT_ERROR) - && test_bit(MMF_UNSTABLE, &vma->vm_mm->flags))) + if (unlikely(!(ret & VM_FAULT_ERROR) + && test_bit(MMF_UNSTABLE, &vma->vm_mm->flags))) { + if (ret & VM_FAULT_RETRY) + down_read(&vma->vm_mm->mmap_sem); ret = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS; + } return ret; } $ cat /tmp/file.* | od -b | head 0000000 377 377 377 377 377 377 377 377 377 377 377 377 377 377 377 377 * 420330000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 * 420340000 377 377 377 377 377 377 377 377 377 377 377 377 377 377 377 377 * 457330000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 * 457340000 377 377 377 377 377 377 377 377 377 377 377 377 377 377 377 377 * -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>