On 1 Sep 2018, at 13:28, Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > +static ssize_t ept_idle_read(struct file *file, char *buf, > + size_t count, loff_t *ppos) > +{ > + struct task_struct *task = file->private_data; > + struct ept_idle_ctrl *eic; > + unsigned long hva_start = *ppos << BITMAP_BYTE2PVA_SHIFT; > + unsigned long hva_end = hva_start + (count << BITMAP_BYTE2PVA_SHIFT); > + int ret; > + > + if (*ppos % IDLE_BITMAP_CHUNK_SIZE || > + count % IDLE_BITMAP_CHUNK_SIZE) > + return -EINVAL; > + > + eic = kzalloc(sizeof(*eic), GFP_KERNEL); > + if (!eic) > + return -EBUSY; > + > + eic->buf = buf; > + eic->buf_size = count; > + eic->kvm = task_kvm(task); > + if (!eic->kvm) { > + ret = -EINVAL; > + goto out_free; > + } I think you need to increment the refcount while using kvm, otherwise kvm can be destroyed from another thread while you're walking it. -Nikita > + > + ret = ept_idle_walk_hva_range(eic, hva_start, hva_end); > + if (ret) > + goto out_free; > + > + ret = eic->bytes_copied; > + *ppos += ret; > +out_free: > + kfree(eic); > + > + return ret; > +}