linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.17 02/47] mm/vmpressure.c: fix race in vmpressure_work

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Date:	Sun, 14 Dec 2014 12:20:37 -0800
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, ji_ang <ji_ang@....com>,
	Anton Vorontsov <anton.vorontsov@...aro.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3.17 02/47] mm/vmpressure.c: fix race in vmpressure_work_fn()

3.17-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>

commit 91b57191cfd152c02ded0745250167d0263084f8 upstream.

In some android devices, there will be a "divide by zero" exception.
vmpr->scanned could be zero before spin_lock(&vmpr->sr_lock).

Addresses https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88051

[akpm@...ux-foundation.org: neaten]
Reported-by: ji_ang <ji_ang@....com>
Cc: Anton Vorontsov <anton.vorontsov@...aro.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 mm/vmpressure.c |    8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/mm/vmpressure.c
+++ b/mm/vmpressure.c
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ static void vmpressure_work_fn(struct wo
 	unsigned long scanned;
 	unsigned long reclaimed;
 
+	spin_lock(&vmpr->sr_lock);
 	/*
 	 * Several contexts might be calling vmpressure(), so it is
 	 * possible that the work was rescheduled again before the old
@@ -173,11 +174,12 @@ static void vmpressure_work_fn(struct wo
 	 * here. No need for any locks here since we don't care if
 	 * vmpr->reclaimed is in sync.
 	 */
-	if (!vmpr->scanned)
+	scanned = vmpr->scanned;
+	if (!scanned) {
+		spin_unlock(&vmpr->sr_lock);
 		return;
+	}
 
-	spin_lock(&vmpr->sr_lock);
-	scanned = vmpr->scanned;
 	reclaimed = vmpr->reclaimed;
 	vmpr->scanned = 0;
 	vmpr->reclaimed = 0;


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