linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/3] tracing/stack-tracer: fix locking

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Date:	Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:39:07 +0200
From:	Török Edwin <edwintorok@...il.com>
To:	mingo@...e.hu
Cc:	srostedt@...hat.com, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, sandmann@...mi.au.dk,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, viro@...IV.linux.org.uk,
	Török Edwin <edwintorok@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] tracing/stack-tracer: fix locking

Hold mmap_sem while looking up/accessing vma.
Hold the RCU lock while using the task we looked up.

Signed-off-by: Török Edwin <edwintorok@...il.com>
---
 kernel/trace/trace.c |    9 ++++++---
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index dedf35f..4c3bd82 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -1462,11 +1462,15 @@ static inline int seq_print_user_ip(struct trace_seq *s, struct mm_struct *mm,
 	int ret = 1;
 
 	if (mm) {
-		const struct vm_area_struct *vma = find_vma(mm, ip);
+		const struct vm_area_struct *vma;
+
+		down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+		vma = find_vma(mm, ip);
 		if (vma) {
 			file = vma->vm_file;
 			vmstart = vma->vm_start;
 		}
+		up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 	}
 	if (file) {
 		ret = trace_seq_path(s, &file->f_path);
@@ -1494,10 +1498,9 @@ seq_print_userip_objs(const struct userstack_entry *entry, struct trace_seq *s,
 		 */
 		rcu_read_lock();
 		task = find_task_by_vpid(entry->ent.tgid);
-		rcu_read_unlock();
-
 		if (task)
 			mm = get_task_mm(task);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < FTRACE_STACK_ENTRIES; i++) {
-- 
1.5.6.5

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