+ mm-mempolicyc-do-not-put-mempolicy-before-using-its-nodemask.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     Subject: mm/mempolicy.c: do not put mempolicy before using its nodemask
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     mm-mempolicyc-do-not-put-mempolicy-before-using-its-nodemask.patch

This patch should soon appear at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-mempolicyc-do-not-put-mempolicy-before-using-its-nodemask.patch
and later at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-mempolicyc-do-not-put-mempolicy-before-using-its-nodemask.patch

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From: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
Subject: mm/mempolicy.c: do not put mempolicy before using its nodemask

Since commit be97a41b291e ("mm/mempolicy.c: merge alloc_hugepage_vma to
alloc_pages_vma") alloc_pages_vma() can potentially free a mempolicy by
mpol_cond_put() before accessing the embedded nodemask by
__alloc_pages_nodemask().  The commit log says it's so "we can use a
single exit path within the function" but that's clearly wrong.  We can
still do that when doing mpol_cond_put() after the allocation attempt.

Make sure the mempolicy is not freed prematurely, otherwise
__alloc_pages_nodemask() can end up using a bogus nodemask, which could
lead e.g.  to premature OOM.

Fixes: be97a41b291e ("mm/mempolicy.c: merge alloc_hugepage_vma to alloc_pages_vma")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170118141124.8345-1-vbabka@xxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>	[4.0+]
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 mm/mempolicy.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN mm/mempolicy.c~mm-mempolicyc-do-not-put-mempolicy-before-using-its-nodemask mm/mempolicy.c
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c~mm-mempolicyc-do-not-put-mempolicy-before-using-its-nodemask
+++ a/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -2017,8 +2017,8 @@ retry_cpuset:
 
 	nmask = policy_nodemask(gfp, pol);
 	zl = policy_zonelist(gfp, pol, node);
-	mpol_cond_put(pol);
 	page = __alloc_pages_nodemask(gfp, order, zl, nmask);
+	mpol_cond_put(pol);
 out:
 	if (unlikely(!page && read_mems_allowed_retry(cpuset_mems_cookie)))
 		goto retry_cpuset;
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from vbabka@xxxxxxx are

mm-mempolicyc-do-not-put-mempolicy-before-using-its-nodemask.patch
mm-page_alloc-dont-convert-pfn-to-idx-when-merging.patch
mm-page_alloc-avoid-page_to_pfn-when-merging-buddies.patch
mm-page_alloc-convert-page_group_by_mobility_disable-to-static-key.patch

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