Hi Andrea,
On 10/01/2014 04:56 AM, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
> index 8f5330d..6606c10 100644
> --- a/mm/mempolicy.c
> +++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
> @@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ static int lookup_node(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
> struct page *p;
> int err;
>
> - err = get_user_pages(current, mm, addr & PAGE_MASK, 1, 0, 0, &p, NULL);
> + err = get_user_pages_fast(addr & PAGE_MASK, 1, 0, &p);
> if (err >= 0) {
> err = page_to_nid(p);
> put_page(p);
This change looks bogus. mmap_sem might get locked in do_get_mempolicy(), and with this
change we'll try locking it again in get_user_pages_fast.
Thanks,
Sasha
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