linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: fix overly aggressive shmdt() when calls span multiple segments

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Date:	Fri, 14 Nov 2014 00:20:38 -0800
From:	Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
To:	Dave Hansen <dave@...1.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: fix overly aggressive shmdt() when calls span
 multiple segments

On Mon, 2014-11-03 at 16:06 -0800, Dave Hansen wrote:
> From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> This is a highly-contrived scenario.  But, a single shmdt() call
> can be induced in to unmapping memory from mulitple shm segments.
> Example code is here:
> 
> 	http://www.sr71.net/~dave/intel/shmfun.c
> 
> The fix is pretty simple:  Record the 'struct file' for the first
> VMA we encounter and then stick to it.  Decline to unmap anything
> not from the same file and thus the same segment.
> 
> I found this by inspection and the odds of anyone hitting this in
> practice are pretty darn small.
> 
> Lightly tested, but it's a pretty small patch.

Passed shmdt ltp tests, fwiw.

> Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>

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