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author | Linus Torvalds | 2017-09-09 19:30:07 +0200 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds | 2017-09-09 19:30:07 +0200 |
commit | fbf4432ff71b7a25bef993a5312906946d27f446 (patch) | |
tree | cf3e0024af4b8f9376eff75743f1fa1526e40900 /fs/userfaultfd.c | |
parent | remove gperf left-overs from build system (diff) | |
parent | ipc: optimize semget/shmget/msgget for lots of keys (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)
Merge more updates from Andrew Morton:
- most of the rest of MM
- a small number of misc things
- lib/ updates
- checkpatch
- autofs updates
- ipc/ updates
* emailed patches from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>: (126 commits)
ipc: optimize semget/shmget/msgget for lots of keys
ipc/sem: play nicer with large nsops allocations
ipc/sem: drop sem_checkid helper
ipc: convert kern_ipc_perm.refcount from atomic_t to refcount_t
ipc: convert sem_undo_list.refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t
ipc: convert ipc_namespace.count from atomic_t to refcount_t
kcov: support compat processes
sh: defconfig: cleanup from old Kconfig options
mn10300: defconfig: cleanup from old Kconfig options
m32r: defconfig: cleanup from old Kconfig options
drivers/pps: use surrounding "if PPS" to remove numerous dependency checks
drivers/pps: aesthetic tweaks to PPS-related content
cpumask: make cpumask_next() out-of-line
kmod: move #ifdef CONFIG_MODULES wrapper to Makefile
kmod: split off umh headers into its own file
MAINTAINERS: clarify kmod is just a kernel module loader
kmod: split out umh code into its own file
test_kmod: flip INT checks to be consistent
test_kmod: remove paranoid UINT_MAX check on uint range processing
vfat: deduplicate hex2bin()
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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/userfaultfd.c')
-rw-r--r-- | fs/userfaultfd.c | 20 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/userfaultfd.c b/fs/userfaultfd.c index 5419e7da82ba..ef4b48d1ea42 100644 --- a/fs/userfaultfd.c +++ b/fs/userfaultfd.c @@ -381,8 +381,26 @@ int handle_userfault(struct vm_fault *vmf, unsigned long reason) * in __get_user_pages if userfaultfd_release waits on the * caller of handle_userfault to release the mmap_sem. */ - if (unlikely(ACCESS_ONCE(ctx->released))) + if (unlikely(ACCESS_ONCE(ctx->released))) { + /* + * Don't return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS in this case, so a non + * cooperative manager can close the uffd after the + * last UFFDIO_COPY, without risking to trigger an + * involuntary SIGBUS if the process was starting the + * userfaultfd while the userfaultfd was still armed + * (but after the last UFFDIO_COPY). If the uffd + * wasn't already closed when the userfault reached + * this point, that would normally be solved by + * userfaultfd_must_wait returning 'false'. + * + * If we were to return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS here, the non + * cooperative manager would be instead forced to + * always call UFFDIO_UNREGISTER before it can safely + * close the uffd. + */ + ret = VM_FAULT_NOPAGE; goto out; + } /* * Check that we can return VM_FAULT_RETRY. |