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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/exit.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/exit.c | 21 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c index 40036ac04271..059b38cae384 100644 --- a/kernel/exit.c +++ b/kernel/exit.c @@ -580,8 +580,6 @@ mm_need_new_owner(struct mm_struct *mm, struct task_struct *p) * If there are other users of the mm and the owner (us) is exiting * we need to find a new owner to take on the responsibility. */ - if (!mm) - return 0; if (atomic_read(&mm->mm_users) <= 1) return 0; if (mm->owner != p) @@ -624,29 +622,38 @@ retry: } while_each_thread(g, c); read_unlock(&tasklist_lock); + /* + * We found no owner yet mm_users > 1: this implies that we are + * most likely racing with swapoff (try_to_unuse()) or /proc or + * ptrace or page migration (get_task_mm()). Mark owner as NULL, + * so that subsystems can understand the callback and take action. + */ + down_write(&mm->mmap_sem); + cgroup_mm_owner_callbacks(mm->owner, NULL); + mm->owner = NULL; + up_write(&mm->mmap_sem); return; assign_new_owner: BUG_ON(c == p); get_task_struct(c); + read_unlock(&tasklist_lock); + down_write(&mm->mmap_sem); /* * The task_lock protects c->mm from changing. * We always want mm->owner->mm == mm */ task_lock(c); - /* - * Delay read_unlock() till we have the task_lock() - * to ensure that c does not slip away underneath us - */ - read_unlock(&tasklist_lock); if (c->mm != mm) { task_unlock(c); + up_write(&mm->mmap_sem); put_task_struct(c); goto retry; } cgroup_mm_owner_callbacks(mm->owner, c); mm->owner = c; task_unlock(c); + up_write(&mm->mmap_sem); put_task_struct(c); } #endif /* CONFIG_MM_OWNER */ |