In this place mm is unlocked, so vmas or list may change. Down read mmap_sem to protect them from modifications. Signed-off-by: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (and compile-tested-by) --- mm/ksm.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c index db20f8436bc3..86f0db3d6cdb 100644 --- a/mm/ksm.c +++ b/mm/ksm.c @@ -1990,6 +1990,7 @@ static void stable_tree_append(struct rmap_item *rmap_item, */ static void cmp_and_merge_page(struct page *page, struct rmap_item *rmap_item) { + struct mm_struct *mm = rmap_item->mm; struct rmap_item *tree_rmap_item; struct page *tree_page = NULL; struct stable_node *stable_node; @@ -2062,9 +2063,11 @@ static void cmp_and_merge_page(struct page *page, struct rmap_item *rmap_item) if (ksm_use_zero_pages && (checksum == zero_checksum)) { struct vm_area_struct *vma; - vma = find_mergeable_vma(rmap_item->mm, rmap_item->address); + down_read(&mm->mmap_sem); + vma = find_mergeable_vma(mm, rmap_item->address); err = try_to_merge_one_page(vma, page, ZERO_PAGE(rmap_item->address)); + up_read(&mm->mmap_sem); /* * In case of failure, the page was not really empty, so we * need to continue. Otherwise we're done. -- 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>