From 00f89d218523b9bf6b522349c039d5ac80aa536d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Oleg Nesterov Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:27:38 +0200 Subject: mm_for_maps: shift down_read(mmap_sem) to the caller mm_for_maps() takes ->mmap_sem after security checks, this looks strange and obfuscates the locking rules. Move this lock to its single caller, m_start(). Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov Acked-by: Serge Hallyn Signed-off-by: James Morris --- fs/proc/task_mmu.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'fs/proc/task_mmu.c') diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c index 6f61b7cc32e0..9bd8be1d235c 100644 --- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c +++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c @@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ static void *m_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos) mm = mm_for_maps(priv->task); if (!mm) return NULL; + down_read(&mm->mmap_sem); tail_vma = get_gate_vma(priv->task); priv->tail_vma = tail_vma; -- cgit v1.2.3