linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 0/1] Use HMM for ODP v4

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Date:   Thu, 23 May 2019 16:10:38 -0300
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
To:     Jerome Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...lanox.com>,
        Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
        Artemy Kovalyov <artemyko@...lanox.com>,
        Moni Shoua <monis@...lanox.com>,
        Mike Marciniszyn <mike.marciniszyn@...el.com>,
        Kaike Wan <kaike.wan@...el.com>,
        Dennis Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/1] Use HMM for ODP v4


On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 02:24:58PM -0400, Jerome Glisse wrote:
> I can not take mmap_sem in range_register, the READ_ONCE is fine and
> they are no race as we do take a reference on the hmm struct thus

Of course there are use after free races with a READ_ONCE scheme, I
shouldn't have to explain this.

If you cannot take the read mmap sem (why not?), then please use my
version and push the update to the driver through -mm..

Jason