syzbot is reporting that mmput() from shrinker function has a risk of deadlock [1]. Don't start synchronous teardown of mm when called from shrinker function. [1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=bc9e7303f537c41b2b0cc2dfcea3fc42964c2d45 Reported-by: syzbot <syzbot+1068f09c44d151250c33@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: syzbot <syzbot+e5344baa319c9a96edec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/android/binder_alloc.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c b/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c index 42c672f1584e..cbe6aa77d50d 100644 --- a/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c +++ b/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c @@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ enum lru_status binder_alloc_free_page(struct list_head *item, trace_binder_unmap_user_end(alloc, index); } mmap_read_unlock(mm); - mmput(mm); + mmput_async(mm); trace_binder_unmap_kernel_start(alloc, index); -- 2.18.4