linux-kernel - Re: on CONFIG_MM_OWNER=y, kernel panic is possible.

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Message-ID: <481FFB6B.2000305@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Tue, 06 May 2008 12:02:11 +0530
From:	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
CC:	Lee Schermerhorn <Lee.Schermerhorn@...com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Paul Menage <menage@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: on CONFIG_MM_OWNER=y, kernel panic is possible.

KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
>> That is not possible. If you look at where mm_update_next_owner() is called
>> from, we call it from
>>
>> exit_mm() and exec_mmap()
>>
>> In both cases, we ensure that the task's mm has changed (to NULL and the new mm
>> respectively), before we call mm_update_next_owner(), hence c->mm can never be
>> equal to p->mm.
> 
> if so, following patch is needed instead.
> 
> 
> 
> ---
>  fs/exec.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> Index: b/fs/exec.c
> ===================================================================
> --- a/fs/exec.c 2008-05-04 22:57:09.000000000 +0900
> +++ b/fs/exec.c 2008-05-06 15:40:35.000000000 +0900
> @@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ static int exec_mmap(struct mm_struct *m
>         tsk->active_mm = mm;
>         activate_mm(active_mm, mm);
>         task_unlock(tsk);
> -       mm_update_next_owner(mm);
> +       mm_update_next_owner(old_mm);
>         arch_pick_mmap_layout(mm);
>         if (old_mm) {
>                 up_read(&old_mm->mmap_sem);
> 
> 

Yes, good catch.

Acked-by: Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

I'll go ahead and do some more testing on top of it. CC'ing Paul Menage as well.

-- 
	Warm Regards,
	Balbir Singh
	Linux Technology Center
	IBM, ISTL
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