Re: [PATCH 6/6] drivers/IB,core: reduce scope of mmap_sem

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On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 01:12:07PM -0800, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 08:53:16PM +0000, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > > -	new_pinned = atomic_long_read(&mm->pinned_vm) + npages;
> > > +	new_pinned = atomic_long_add_return(npages, &mm->pinned_vm);
> > >  	if (new_pinned > lock_limit && !capable(CAP_IPC_LOCK)) {
> > 
> > I thought a patch had been made for this to use check_overflow...
> 
> That got removed again by patch 1 ...

Well, that sure needs a lot more explanation. :(

Jason




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