linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] mm: get_cmdline use arg_lock instead of mmap

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Date:   Tue, 30 Apr 2019 10:18:42 +0200
From:   Michal Koutný <mkoutny@...e.com>
To:     gorcunov@...il.com
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, arunks@...eaurora.org, brgl@...ev.pl,
        geert+renesas@...der.be, ldufour@...ux.ibm.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        mguzik@...hat.com, mhocko@...nel.org, mkoutny@...e.com,
        rppt@...ux.ibm.com, vbabka@...e.cz, ktkhai@...tuozzo.com
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] mm: get_cmdline use arg_lock instead of mmap_sem

The commit a3b609ef9f8b ("proc read mm's {arg,env}_{start,end} with mmap
semaphore taken.") added synchronization of reading argument/environment
boundaries under mmap_sem. Later commit 88aa7cc688d4 ("mm: introduce
arg_lock to protect arg_start|end and env_start|end in mm_struct")
avoided the coarse use of mmap_sem in similar situations.

get_cmdline can also use arg_lock instead of mmap_sem when it reads the
boundaries.

Fixes: 88aa7cc688d4 ("mm: introduce arg_lock to protect arg_start|end and env_start|end in mm_struct")
Cc: Yang Shi <yang.shi@...ux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Mateusz Guzik <mguzik@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michal Koutný <mkoutny@...e.com>
Signed-off-by: Laurent Dufour <ldufour@...ux.ibm.com>
---
 mm/util.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
index 43a2984bccaa..5cf0e84a0823 100644
--- a/mm/util.c
+++ b/mm/util.c
@@ -758,12 +758,12 @@ int get_cmdline(struct task_struct *task, char *buffer, int buflen)
 	if (!mm->arg_end)
 		goto out_mm;	/* Shh! No looking before we're done */
 
-	down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+	spin_lock(&mm->arg_lock);
 	arg_start = mm->arg_start;
 	arg_end = mm->arg_end;
 	env_start = mm->env_start;
 	env_end = mm->env_end;
-	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+	spin_unlock(&mm->arg_lock);
 
 	len = arg_end - arg_start;
 
-- 
2.16.4