Hello. On Fri, Mar 06, 2020 at 01:52:07PM +0100, Vlastimil Babka wrote: > > diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c > > index e794367f681e..e77c6c1fad34 100644 > > --- a/mm/madvise.c > > +++ b/mm/madvise.c > > @@ -1118,6 +1118,8 @@ int do_madvise(struct task_struct *target_task, struct mm_struct *mm, > > if (write) { > > if (down_write_killable(&mm->mmap_sem)) > > return -EINTR; > > + if (current->mm != mm && !mmget_still_valid(mm)) > > + goto skip_mm; > > This will return 0, is that correct? Shoudln't there be a similar error e.g. as > when finding the task by pid fails (-ESRCH ?), because IIUC the task here is > going away and dumping the core? Yeah. Something like this then: === diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c index 48d1da08c160..7ed2f4d13924 100644 --- a/mm/madvise.c +++ b/mm/madvise.c @@ -1122,6 +1122,10 @@ int do_madvise(struct task_struct *target_task, struct mm_struct *mm, if (write) { if (down_write_killable(&mm->mmap_sem)) return -EINTR; + if (current->mm != mm && !mmget_still_valid(mm)) { + error = -ESRCH; + goto skip_mm; + } } else { down_read(&mm->mmap_sem); } @@ -1173,6 +1177,7 @@ int do_madvise(struct task_struct *target_task, struct mm_struct *mm, } out: blk_finish_plug(&plug); +skip_mm: if (write) up_write(&mm->mmap_sem); else === ? > > > } else { > > down_read(&mm->mmap_sem); > > } > > @@ -1169,6 +1171,7 @@ int do_madvise(struct task_struct *target_task, struct mm_struct *mm, > > } > > out: > > blk_finish_plug(&plug); > > +skip_mm: > > if (write) > > up_write(&mm->mmap_sem); > > else > > > -- Best regards, Oleksandr Natalenko (post-factum) Principal Software Maintenance Engineer