linux-kernel - Re: [v4 PATCH] mm: introduce arg_lock to protect arg_start|end and env_start|end in mm

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Date:   Wed, 18 Apr 2018 11:18:51 -0700
From:   Yang Shi <yang.shi@...ux.alibaba.com>
To:     Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
Cc:     adobriyan@...il.com, willy@...radead.org, mguzik@...hat.com,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [v4 PATCH] mm: introduce arg_lock to protect arg_start|end and
 env_start|end in mm_struct



On 4/18/18 2:40 AM, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 11:03:14AM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
>>>> What about something like the following?
>>>> "
>>>> arg_lock protects concurent updates but we still need mmap_sem for read
>>>> to exclude races with do_brk.
>>>> "
>>>> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
>>> Yes, thanks! Andrew, could you slightly update the changelog please?
>> No, I meant it to be a comment in the _code_.
> Ah, I see. Then small patch on top should do the trick.

Will send out an incremental patch soon.