linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sg: protect against races between mmap() and SG_SET_RESERVED

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Date:   Tue, 22 Aug 2017 22:21:06 -0400
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     Todd Poynor <toddpoynor@...gle.com>
Cc:     Doug Gilbert <dgilbert@...erlog.com>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sg: protect against races between mmap() and SG_SET_RESERVED_SIZE


Todd,

> Take f_mutex around mmap() processing to protect against races with
> the SG_SET_RESERVED_SIZE ioctl.  Ensure the reserve buffer length
> remains consistent during the mapping operation, and set the
> "mmap called" flag to prevent further changes to the reserved buffer
> size as an atomic operation with the mapping.

Applied to 4.14/scsi-queue (with a slight whitespace fix). Thanks!

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering