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SubjectRe: Deadlock on the mm->mmap_sem
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> What happens is that proc_pid_read_maps grabs the mmap_sem as a
> reader, and *while it holds the lock*, does a copy_to_user. This can
> of course page-fault, and the handler will also grab the mmap_sem
> (if it is the same task).

Ok, that's a bug.
You must not call copy_to_user with the mmap semaphore acquired - linux
semaphores are not recursive.

> Any ideas how to fix this? Should proc_pid_read_maps just drop the
> lock before copy_to_user?

Yes, and preferable switch to multiline copies - a full page temporary
buffer is allocated, transfering data on a line-by-line base is way too
much overhead (and the current volatile_task is an ugly hack).

--
Manfred





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