linux-kernel - [PATCH -mmotm] prctl: add comment about mmap_sem and arg

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Date:   Thu, 19 Apr 2018 02:56:39 +0800
From:   Yang Shi <yang.shi@...ux.alibaba.com>
To:     mhocko@...nel.org, gorcunov@...il.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     yang.shi@...ux.alibaba.com, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH -mmotm] prctl: add comment about mmap_sem and arg_lock

Add comment to elaborate why mmap_sem for is used by prctl.

Signed-off-by: Yang Shi <yang.shi@...ux.alibaba.com>
---
akpm: this patch can be foled into:
mm-introduce-arg_lock-to-protect-arg_startend-and-env_startend-in-mm_struct.patch

 kernel/sys.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 0cc5a1c..943fdc5 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -2011,6 +2011,10 @@ static int prctl_set_mm_map(int opt, const void __user *addr, unsigned long data
 			return error;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * arg_lock protects concurent updates but we still need mmap_sem for
+	 * read to exclude races with sys_brk.
+	 */
 	down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 
 	/*
-- 
1.8.3.1