Acquiring the mmap_lock during exit_mmap() was only added recently in v5.17 by commit 64591e8605d6 ("mm: protect free_pgtables with mmap_lock write lock in exit_mmap"). Soon after, asserts for holding this lock were added to the binder_alloc_set_vma() callback by the following two fix commits in mainline: commit b0cab80ecd54 ("android: binder: fix lockdep check on clearing vma") and commit a43cfc87caaf ("android: binder: stop saving a pointer to the VMA"). These two fix commits were picked for stable trees including v5.15 were unfortunately the mmap_lock is not held during exit_mmap() yet and this unmet dependency leads to the following BUG report: ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at include/linux/mmap_lock.h:156! Internal error: Oops - BUG: 0 [#1] PREEMPT SMP Modules linked in: CPU: 3 PID: 437 Comm: binder Not tainted 5.15.68 #5 Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT) pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : binder_alloc_vma_close+0x6c/0x70 lr : binder_alloc_vma_close+0x6c/0x70 sp : ffff800008687a70 x29: ffff800008687a70 x28: ffff02a7ccf89d00 x27: ffff02a7c92f99e8 x26: 000000000000012a x25: ffff02a7c6284740 x24: ffff02a7ccf8a360 x23: ffff02a7c92f9980 x22: 1ffff000010d0f6c x21: ffff02a7c92f99e8 x20: ffff02a7c92f9980 x19: ffff02a7d16b79a8 x18: 0000ffffe1702d20 x17: 3334373239343932 x16: 34206e6163735f74 x15: 78656e5f616d756e x14: 0a30303030303030 x13: 7366666f5f6e6163 x12: ffff60550564a12b x11: 1fffe0550564a12a x10: ffff60550564a12a x9 : dfff800000000000 x8 : ffff02a82b250957 x7 : 0000000000000001 x6 : ffff60550564a12a x5 : ffff02a82b250950 x4 : dfff800000000000 x3 : 0000000000000000 x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : ffff02a7ccf89d00 x0 : 0000000000000374 Call trace: binder_alloc_vma_close+0x6c/0x70 binder_vma_close+0x38/0xf4 remove_vma+0x4c/0x94 exit_mmap+0x14c/0x2bc __mmput+0x70/0x19c mmput+0x68/0x80 do_exit+0x484/0xeb0 do_group_exit+0x5c/0x100 [...] This patch removes the inaccurate assert specifically from v5.15 since it's the only release with such issue. Note the mmap_lock is technically not needed here as the mm->mm_users has dropped to zero at this point. More context: https://lore.kernel.org/all/YxpQaio7xm3z9TUw@xxxxxxxxxx/. Fixes: b0cab80ecd54 ("android: binder: fix lockdep check on clearing vma") Fixes: a43cfc87caaf ("android: binder: stop saving a pointer to the VMA") Cc: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v5.15 Signed-off-by: Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/android/binder_alloc.c | 7 ------- 1 file changed, 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c b/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c index 849f8dff0be1..8ed450125c92 100644 --- a/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c +++ b/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c @@ -315,16 +315,9 @@ static inline void binder_alloc_set_vma(struct binder_alloc *alloc, { unsigned long vm_start = 0; - /* - * Allow clearing the vma with holding just the read lock to allow - * munmapping downgrade of the write lock before freeing and closing the - * file using binder_alloc_vma_close(). - */ if (vma) { vm_start = vma->vm_start; mmap_assert_write_locked(alloc->vma_vm_mm); - } else { - mmap_assert_locked(alloc->vma_vm_mm); } alloc->vma_addr = vm_start; -- 2.37.3.968.ga6b4b080e4-goog