The patch titled Subject: ksm: fix unlocked iteration over vmas in cmp_and_merge_page() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is ksm-fix-unlocked-iteration-over-vmas-in-cmp_and_merge_page.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/ksm-fix-unlocked-iteration-over-vmas-in-cmp_and_merge_page.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/ksm-fix-unlocked-iteration-over-vmas-in-cmp_and_merge_page.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: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: ksm: fix unlocked iteration over vmas in cmp_and_merge_page() In this place mm is unlocked, so vmas or list may change. Down read mmap_sem to protect them from modifications. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/150512788393.10691.8868381099691121308.stgit@localhost.localdomain Signed-off-by: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> Cc: zhong jiang <zhongjiang@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/ksm.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN mm/ksm.c~ksm-fix-unlocked-iteration-over-vmas-in-cmp_and_merge_page mm/ksm.c --- a/mm/ksm.c~ksm-fix-unlocked-iteration-over-vmas-in-cmp_and_merge_page +++ a/mm/ksm.c @@ -1990,6 +1990,7 @@ static void stable_tree_append(struct rm */ static void cmp_and_merge_page(struct page *page, struct rmap_item *rmap_item) { + struct mm_struct *mm = rmap_item->mm; struct rmap_item *tree_rmap_item; struct page *tree_page = NULL; struct stable_node *stable_node; @@ -2062,9 +2063,11 @@ static void cmp_and_merge_page(struct pa if (ksm_use_zero_pages && (checksum == zero_checksum)) { struct vm_area_struct *vma; - vma = find_mergeable_vma(rmap_item->mm, rmap_item->address); + down_read(&mm->mmap_sem); + vma = find_mergeable_vma(mm, rmap_item->address); err = try_to_merge_one_page(vma, page, ZERO_PAGE(rmap_item->address)); + up_read(&mm->mmap_sem); /* * In case of failure, the page was not really empty, so we * need to continue. Otherwise we're done. _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from ktkhai@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are ksm-fix-unlocked-iteration-over-vmas-in-cmp_and_merge_page.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