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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/futex.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/futex.c | 26 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c index 99f8acce08b..b4f87bac91c 100644 --- a/kernel/futex.c +++ b/kernel/futex.c @@ -1565,12 +1565,11 @@ static int futex_lock_pi(u32 __user *uaddr, int fshared, uaddr_faulted: /* - * We have to r/w *(int __user *)uaddr, but we can't modify it - * non-atomically. Therefore, if get_user below is not - * enough, we need to handle the fault ourselves, while - * still holding the mmap_sem. - * - * ... and hb->lock. :-) --ANK + * We have to r/w *(int __user *)uaddr, and we have to modify it + * atomically. Therefore, if we continue to fault after get_user() + * below, we need to handle the fault ourselves, while still holding + * the mmap_sem. This can occur if the uaddr is under contention as + * we have to drop the mmap_sem in order to call get_user(). */ queue_unlock(&q, hb); @@ -1582,7 +1581,7 @@ static int futex_lock_pi(u32 __user *uaddr, int fshared, } ret = get_user(uval, uaddr); - if (!ret && (uval != -EFAULT)) + if (!ret) goto retry; if (to) @@ -1676,12 +1675,11 @@ out: pi_faulted: /* - * We have to r/w *(int __user *)uaddr, but we can't modify it - * non-atomically. Therefore, if get_user below is not - * enough, we need to handle the fault ourselves, while - * still holding the mmap_sem. - * - * ... and hb->lock. --ANK + * We have to r/w *(int __user *)uaddr, and we have to modify it + * atomically. Therefore, if we continue to fault after get_user() + * below, we need to handle the fault ourselves, while still holding + * the mmap_sem. This can occur if the uaddr is under contention as + * we have to drop the mmap_sem in order to call get_user(). */ spin_unlock(&hb->lock); @@ -1694,7 +1692,7 @@ pi_faulted: } ret = get_user(uval, uaddr); - if (!ret && (uval != -EFAULT)) + if (!ret) goto retry; return ret; |