The patch titled Subject: fs/proc/task_nommu.c: don't use priv->task->mm has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is fs-proc-task_nommuc-dont-use-priv-task-mm.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/fs-proc-task_nommuc-dont-use-priv-task-mm.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/fs-proc-task_nommuc-dont-use-priv-task-mm.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: fs/proc/task_nommu.c: don't use priv->task->mm I do not know if CONFIG_PREEMPT/SMP is possible without CONFIG_MMU but the usage of task->mm in m_stop(). The task can exit/exec before we take mmap_sem, in this case m_stop() can hit NULL or unlock the wrong rw_semaphore. Also, this code uses priv->task != NULL to decide whether we need up_read/mmput. This is correct, but we will probably kill priv->task. Change m_start/m_stop to rely on IS_ERR_OR_NULL() like task_mmu.c does. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/proc/task_nommu.c | 18 ++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/proc/task_nommu.c~fs-proc-task_nommuc-dont-use-priv-task-mm fs/proc/task_nommu.c --- a/fs/proc/task_nommu.c~fs-proc-task_nommuc-dont-use-priv-task-mm +++ a/fs/proc/task_nommu.c @@ -217,17 +217,17 @@ static void *m_start(struct seq_file *m, return ERR_PTR(-ESRCH); mm = priv->mm; - if (!mm || !atomic_inc_not_zero(&mm->mm_users)) { - put_task_struct(priv->task); - priv->task = NULL; + if (!mm || !atomic_inc_not_zero(&mm->mm_users)) return NULL; - } - down_read(&mm->mmap_sem); + down_read(&mm->mmap_sem); /* start from the Nth VMA */ for (p = rb_first(&mm->mm_rb); p; p = rb_next(p)) if (n-- == 0) return p; + + up_read(&mm->mmap_sem); + mmput(mm); return NULL; } @@ -235,11 +235,13 @@ static void m_stop(struct seq_file *m, v { struct proc_maps_private *priv = m->private; + if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(_vml)) { + up_read(&priv->mm->mmap_sem); + mmput(priv->mm); + } if (priv->task) { - struct mm_struct *mm = priv->task->mm; - up_read(&mm->mmap_sem); - mmput(mm); put_task_struct(priv->task); + priv->task = NULL; } } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from oleg@xxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch earlyprintk-re-enable-earlyprintk-calling-early_param.patch fs-proc-task_mmuc-dont-use-task-mm-in-m_start-and-show_map.patch fs-proc-task_mmuc-unify-simplify-do_maps_open-and-numa_maps_open.patch proc-introduce-proc_mem_open.patch fs-proc-task_mmuc-shift-mm_access-from-m_start-to-proc_maps_open.patch fs-proc-task_mmuc-simplify-the-vma_stop-logic.patch fs-proc-task_mmuc-cleanup-the-tail_vma-horror-in-m_next.patch fs-proc-task_mmuc-shift-priv-task-=-null-from-m_start-to-m_stop.patch fs-proc-task_mmuc-kill-the-suboptimal-and-confusing-m-version-logic.patch fs-proc-task_mmuc-simplify-m_start-to-make-it-readable.patch fs-proc-task_mmuc-introduce-m_next_vma-helper.patch fs-proc-task_mmuc-reintroduce-m-version-logic.patch fs-proc-task_mmuc-update-m-version-in-the-main-loop-in-m_start.patch fs-proc-task_nommuc-change-maps_open-to-use-__seq_open_private.patch fs-proc-task_nommuc-shift-mm_access-from-m_start-to-proc_maps_open.patch fs-proc-task_nommuc-dont-use-priv-task-mm.patch linux-next.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html