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# HG changeset patch # User Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@qumranet.com> # Date 1210115798 -7200 # Node ID eb924315351f6b056428e35c983ad28040420fea # Parent 5b2eb7d28a4517daf91b08b4dcfbb58fd2b42d0b mmap sems This patch adds a lock ordering rule to avoid a potential deadlock when multiple mmap_sems need to be locked. Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@qumranet.com> diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c --- a/mm/filemap.c +++ b/mm/filemap.c @@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ generic_file_direct_IO(int rw, struct ki * * ->i_mutex (generic_file_buffered_write) * ->mmap_sem (fault_in_pages_readable->do_page_fault) + * + * When taking multiple mmap_sems, one should lock the lowest-addressed + * one first proceeding on up to the highest-addressed one. * * ->i_mutex * ->i_alloc_sem (various) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | |||||||||
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