Instead of taking mm->mmap_sem inside prctl_set_mm_exe_file move it out of and rename the helper to prctl_set_mm_exe_file_locked. This will allow to reuse this function in a next patch. Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrew Vagin <avagin@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Julien Tinnes <jln@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/sys.c | 21 +++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6.git/kernel/sys.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.git.orig/kernel/sys.c +++ linux-2.6.git/kernel/sys.c @@ -1628,12 +1628,14 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(umask, int, mask) return mask; } -static int prctl_set_mm_exe_file(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned int fd) +static int prctl_set_mm_exe_file_locked(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned int fd) { struct fd exe; struct inode *inode; int err; + VM_BUG_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&mm->mmap_sem)); + exe = fdget(fd); if (!exe.file) return -EBADF; @@ -1654,8 +1656,6 @@ static int prctl_set_mm_exe_file(struct if (err) goto exit; - down_write(&mm->mmap_sem); - /* * Forbid mm->exe_file change if old file still mapped. */ @@ -1667,7 +1667,7 @@ static int prctl_set_mm_exe_file(struct if (vma->vm_file && path_equal(&vma->vm_file->f_path, &mm->exe_file->f_path)) - goto exit_unlock; + goto exit; } /* @@ -1678,13 +1678,10 @@ static int prctl_set_mm_exe_file(struct */ err = -EPERM; if (test_and_set_bit(MMF_EXE_FILE_CHANGED, &mm->flags)) - goto exit_unlock; + goto exit; err = 0; set_mm_exe_file(mm, exe.file); /* this grabs a reference to exe.file */ -exit_unlock: - up_write(&mm->mmap_sem); - exit: fdput(exe); return err; @@ -1704,8 +1701,12 @@ static int prctl_set_mm(int opt, unsigne if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE)) return -EPERM; - if (opt == PR_SET_MM_EXE_FILE) - return prctl_set_mm_exe_file(mm, (unsigned int)addr); + if (opt == PR_SET_MM_EXE_FILE) { + down_write(&mm->mmap_sem); + error = prctl_set_mm_exe_file_locked(mm, (unsigned int)addr); + up_write(&mm->mmap_sem); + return error; + } if (addr >= TASK_SIZE || addr < mmap_min_addr) return -EINVAL; -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>