linux-kernel - [PATCH] on CONFIG_MM_OWNER=y, kernel panic is possible. take2

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Message-Id: <20080508083808.4A78.KOSAKI.MOTOHIRO@jp.fujitsu.com>
Date:	Thu, 08 May 2008 08:55:45 +0900
From:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
To:	"Paul Menage" <menage@...gle.com>, balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com,
	"Lee Schermerhorn" <Lee.Schermerhorn@...com>,
	"KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki" <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: [PATCH] on CONFIG_MM_OWNER=y, kernel panic is possible. take2

> I'd word it as
> 
> /*
>  * "owner" points to a task that is regarded as the canonical
>  * user/owner of this mm. All of the following must be true in
>  * order for it to be changed:
>  *
>  * current == mm->owner
>  * current->mm != mm
>  * new_owner->mm == mm
>  * new_owner->alloc_lock is held
>  */

Wow, Thank you a lot!
new version attached.

Cheers!


-----------------------------------------------------------
When mm destruct happend, We should pass mm_update_next_owner() 
old mm.
but unfortunately new mm is passed in exec_mmap().

thus, kernel panic is possible when multi thread process use exec().


and, owner member comment description is wrong.
mm->owner don't not necessarily point to thread group leader.


Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
CC: Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
CC: "Paul Menage" <menage@...gle.com>
CC: "KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki" <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>

---
 fs/exec.c                |    2 +-
 include/linux/mm_types.h |   13 +++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

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);
Index: b/include/linux/mm_types.h
===================================================================
--- a/include/linux/mm_types.h	2008-05-08 09:20:13.000000000 +0900
+++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h	2008-05-08 09:22:13.000000000 +0900
@@ -231,8 +231,17 @@ struct mm_struct {
 	rwlock_t		ioctx_list_lock;	/* aio lock */
 	struct kioctx		*ioctx_list;
 #ifdef CONFIG_MM_OWNER
-	struct task_struct *owner;	/* The thread group leader that */
-					/* owns the mm_struct.		*/
+        /*
+         * "owner" points to a task that is regarded as the canonical
+         * user/owner of this mm. All of the following must be true in
+         * order for it to be changed:
+         *
+         * current == mm->owner
+         * current->mm != mm
+         * new_owner->mm == mm
+         * new_owner->alloc_lock is held
+         */
+	struct task_struct *owner;
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS




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