In cases when VMA flags are modified after VMA was isolated and mmap_lock
was downgraded, flags modifications do not require per-VMA locking and
an attempt to lock the VMA would result in an assertion because mmap
write lock is not held.
Introduce mod_vm_flags_nolock to be used in such situation.
Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/mm.h | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 2e3be1d45371..7d436a5027cc 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -743,6 +743,14 @@ void clear_vm_flags(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long flags)
vma->vm_flags &= ~flags;
}
+static inline
+void mod_vm_flags_nolock(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+ unsigned long set, unsigned long clear)
+{
+ vma->vm_flags |= set;
+ vma->vm_flags &= ~clear;
+}
+
static inline
void mod_vm_flags(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long set, unsigned long clear)
--
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