linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/3] flush_tlb_range() needs ->page_table_lock when ->mmap

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Message-ID: <20120305064029.GK23916@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Mon, 5 Mar 2012 06:40:29 +0000
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] flush_tlb_range() needs ->page_table_lock when
 ->mmap_sem is not held


Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
---
 mm/hugetlb.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 5f34bd8..a876871 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -2277,8 +2277,8 @@ void __unmap_hugepage_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start,
 			set_page_dirty(page);
 		list_add(&page->lru, &page_list);
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&mm->page_table_lock);
 	flush_tlb_range(vma, start, end);
+	spin_unlock(&mm->page_table_lock);
 	mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(mm, start, end);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(page, tmp, &page_list, lru) {
 		page_remove_rmap(page);
-- 
1.7.2.5

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