linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/6] proc: use mm_access() instead of ptrace_may

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Date:	Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:59:25 +0800
From:	Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@...nwall.com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4/6] proc: use mm_access() instead of ptrace_may_access()

mm_access() handles this much better, and avoids some race conditions.

Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
---
 fs/proc/base.c |    7 ++-----
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 8608a4d..f1d18fc 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -2035,11 +2035,8 @@ static int map_files_d_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 	if (!task)
 		goto out_notask;
 
-	if (!ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ))
-		goto out;
-
-	mm = get_task_mm(task);
-	if (!mm)
+	mm = mm_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ);
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(mm))
 		goto out;
 
 	if (!dname_to_vma_addr(dentry, &vm_start, &vm_end)) {
-- 
1.7.7.6

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