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-rw-r--r--mm/ksm.c15
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
index b99e828172f6..4786b4150f62 100644
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -783,6 +783,7 @@ static int unmerge_and_remove_all_rmap_items(void)
}
remove_trailing_rmap_items(mm_slot, &mm_slot->rmap_list);
+ up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
spin_lock(&ksm_mmlist_lock);
ksm_scan.mm_slot = list_entry(mm_slot->mm_list.next,
@@ -794,12 +795,9 @@ static int unmerge_and_remove_all_rmap_items(void)
free_mm_slot(mm_slot);
clear_bit(MMF_VM_MERGEABLE, &mm->flags);
- up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
mmdrop(mm);
- } else {
+ } else
spin_unlock(&ksm_mmlist_lock);
- up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
- }
}
/* Clean up stable nodes, but don't worry if some are still busy */
@@ -1663,8 +1661,15 @@ next_mm:
up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
mmdrop(mm);
} else {
- spin_unlock(&ksm_mmlist_lock);
up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+ /*
+ * up_read(&mm->mmap_sem) first because after
+ * spin_unlock(&ksm_mmlist_lock) run, the "mm" may
+ * already have been freed under us by __ksm_exit()
+ * because the "mm_slot" is still hashed and
+ * ksm_scan.mm_slot doesn't point to it anymore.
+ */
+ spin_unlock(&ksm_mmlist_lock);
}
/* Repeat until we've completed scanning the whole list */