linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kernfs: Move faulting copy_user operations outside of the mutex

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Date:	Thu, 31 Mar 2016 12:49:15 -0400
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>
Cc:	intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	Ville Syrjälä 
	<ville.syrjala@...ux.intel.com>,
	Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@...ux.intel.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernfs: Move faulting copy_user operations outside of
 the mutex

On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 11:45:06AM +0100, Chris Wilson wrote:
> A fault in a user provided buffer may lead anywhere, and lockdep warns
> that we have a potential deadlock between the mm->mmap_sem and the
> kernfs file mutex:
...
> Reported-by: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@...ux.intel.com>
> Bugzilla: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94350
> Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>
> Reviewed-by: Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Cc: NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org

Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>

Thanks!

-- 
tejun