When unmapping VM_PFNMAP mappings, vm flags need to be updated. Since the vmas have been detached, so it sounds safe to update vm flags with read mmap_sem. Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Yang Shi <yang.shi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/mmap.c | 13 +++++-------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c index 3b9f734..0a9960d 100644 --- a/mm/mmap.c +++ b/mm/mmap.c @@ -2811,16 +2811,13 @@ static int do_munmap_zap_rlock(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start, } /* - * Unmapping vmas, which have: - * VM_PFNMAP or - * uprobes - * need get done with write mmap_sem held since they may update - * vm_flags. Deal with such mappings with regular do_munmap() call. + * Unmapping vmas, which have uprobes need get done with write + * mmap_sem held since they may update vm_flags. Deal with such + * mappings with regular do_munmap() call. */ for (vma = start_vma; vma && vma->vm_start < end; vma = vma->vm_next) { - if ((vma->vm_file && - has_uprobes(vma, vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end)) || - (vma->vm_flags & VM_PFNMAP)) + if (vma->vm_file && + has_uprobes(vma, vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end)) goto regular_path; } -- 1.8.3.1