From 9b679320a5fbf46454011e5c62e0b8991b0956d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Zijlstra Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:18:09 -0700 Subject: mm/memory-failure.c: fix spinlock vs mutex order We cannot take a mutex while holding a spinlock, so flip the order and fix the locking documentation. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Acked-by: Andi Kleen Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- mm/memory-failure.c | 21 ++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) (limited to 'mm/memory-failure.c') diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c index eac0ba561491..740c4f52059c 100644 --- a/mm/memory-failure.c +++ b/mm/memory-failure.c @@ -391,10 +391,11 @@ static void collect_procs_anon(struct page *page, struct list_head *to_kill, struct task_struct *tsk; struct anon_vma *av; - read_lock(&tasklist_lock); av = page_lock_anon_vma(page); if (av == NULL) /* Not actually mapped anymore */ - goto out; + return; + + read_lock(&tasklist_lock); for_each_process (tsk) { struct anon_vma_chain *vmac; @@ -408,9 +409,8 @@ static void collect_procs_anon(struct page *page, struct list_head *to_kill, add_to_kill(tsk, page, vma, to_kill, tkc); } } - page_unlock_anon_vma(av); -out: read_unlock(&tasklist_lock); + page_unlock_anon_vma(av); } /* @@ -424,17 +424,8 @@ static void collect_procs_file(struct page *page, struct list_head *to_kill, struct prio_tree_iter iter; struct address_space *mapping = page->mapping; - /* - * A note on the locking order between the two locks. - * We don't rely on this particular order. - * If you have some other code that needs a different order - * feel free to switch them around. Or add a reverse link - * from mm_struct to task_struct, then this could be all - * done without taking tasklist_lock and looping over all tasks. - */ - - read_lock(&tasklist_lock); mutex_lock(&mapping->i_mmap_mutex); + read_lock(&tasklist_lock); for_each_process(tsk) { pgoff_t pgoff = page->index << (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - PAGE_SHIFT); @@ -454,8 +445,8 @@ static void collect_procs_file(struct page *page, struct list_head *to_kill, add_to_kill(tsk, page, vma, to_kill, tkc); } } - mutex_unlock(&mapping->i_mmap_mutex); read_unlock(&tasklist_lock); + mutex_unlock(&mapping->i_mmap_mutex); } /* -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522