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SubjectRe: [PATCH] powerpc/mm: Fix missing mmap_sem release
On Thu, 07 Sep 2017, Laurent Dufour wrote:

>The commit b5c8f0fd595d ("powerpc/mm: Rework mm_fault_error()") reviewed
>the way the error path is managed in __do_page_fault() but it was a bit too
>agressive when handling a case by returning without releasing the mmap_sem.
>
>By the way, replacing current->mm->mmap_sem by mm->mmap_sem as mm is set to
>current->mm.
>
>Fixes: b5c8f0fd595d ("powerpc/mm: Rework mm_fault_error()")
>Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
>Signed-off-by: Laurent Dufour <laurent.du4@free.fr>
>---
> arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
>diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
>index 4797d08581ce..f799ccf37d27 100644
>--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
>+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c

But... here:

/*
* If we need to retry the mmap_sem has already been released,
* and if there is a fatal signal pending there is no guarantee
* that we made any progress. Handle this case first.
*/

>@@ -521,10 +521,11 @@ static int __do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address,
> * User mode? Just return to handle the fatal exception otherwise
> * return to bad_page_fault
> */
>+ up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> return is_user ? 0 : SIGBUS;
> }

Per the above comment, for that case handle_mm_fault()
has already released mmap_sem. The same occurs in x86,
for example.

Thanks,
Davidlohr

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