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Message-Id: <200904141656.14191.nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
Date:	Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:56:11 +1000
From:	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>
To:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Maciej Sosnowski <maciej.sosnowski@...el.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Chris Leech <christopher.leech@...el.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH v3 6/6] fix wrong get_user_pages usage in iovlock.c

On Tuesday 14 April 2009 16:23:13 KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> I don't have NET-DMA usable device. I hope to get expert review.
> 
> =========================
> Subject: [Untested][RFC][PATCH] fix wrong get_user_pages usage in iovlock.c
> 
> 	down_read(mmap_sem)
> 	get_user_pages()
> 	up_read(mmap_sem)
> 
> is fork unsafe.
> fix it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
> Cc: Maciej Sosnowski <maciej.sosnowski@...el.com>
> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> Cc: Chris Leech <christopher.leech@...el.com>
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> ---
>  drivers/dma/iovlock.c |   18 ++++++------------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
> Index: b/drivers/dma/iovlock.c
> ===================================================================
> --- a/drivers/dma/iovlock.c	2009-02-21 16:53:23.000000000 +0900
> +++ b/drivers/dma/iovlock.c	2009-04-13 04:46:02.000000000 +0900
> @@ -94,18 +94,10 @@ struct dma_pinned_list *dma_pin_iovec_pa
>  		pages += page_list->nr_pages;
>  
>  		/* pin pages down */
> -		down_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
> -		ret = get_user_pages(
> -			current,
> -			current->mm,
> -			(unsigned long) iov[i].iov_base,
> -			page_list->nr_pages,
> -			1,	/* write */
> -			0,	/* force */
> -			page_list->pages,
> -			NULL);
> -		up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
> -
> +		down_read(&current->mm->mm_pinned_sem);
> +		ret = get_user_pages_fast((unsigned long) iov[i].iov_base,
> +					  page_list->nr_pages, 1,
> +					  page_list->pages);

I would perhaps not fold gup_fast conversions into the same patch as
the fix.


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