mm: fix clear_refs_write locking

Turning page table entries read-only requires the mmap_sem held for
writing.

So stop doing the odd games with turning things from read locks to write
locks and back.  Just get the write lock.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 23 deletions

diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index ee5a235b3056..ab7d700b2caa 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -1215,41 +1215,26 @@ static ssize_t clear_refs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 			.type = type,
 		};
 
+		if (mmap_write_lock_killable(mm)) {
+			count = -EINTR;
+			goto out_mm;
+		}
 		if (type == CLEAR_REFS_MM_HIWATER_RSS) {
-			if (mmap_write_lock_killable(mm)) {
-				count = -EINTR;
-				goto out_mm;
-			}
-
 			/*
 			 * Writing 5 to /proc/pid/clear_refs resets the peak
 			 * resident set size to this mm's current rss value.
 			 */
 			reset_mm_hiwater_rss(mm);
-			mmap_write_unlock(mm);
-			goto out_mm;
+			goto out_unlock;
 		}
 
-		if (mmap_read_lock_killable(mm)) {
-			count = -EINTR;
-			goto out_mm;
-		}
 		tlb_gather_mmu(&tlb, mm, 0, -1);
 		if (type == CLEAR_REFS_SOFT_DIRTY) {
 			for (vma = mm->mmap; vma; vma = vma->vm_next) {
 				if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_SOFTDIRTY))
 					continue;
-				mmap_read_unlock(mm);
-				if (mmap_write_lock_killable(mm)) {
-					count = -EINTR;
-					goto out_mm;
-				}
-				for (vma = mm->mmap; vma; vma = vma->vm_next) {
-					vma->vm_flags &= ~VM_SOFTDIRTY;
-					vma_set_page_prot(vma);
-				}
-				mmap_write_downgrade(mm);
-				break;
+				vma->vm_flags &= ~VM_SOFTDIRTY;
+				vma_set_page_prot(vma);
 			}
 
 			mmu_notifier_range_init(&range, MMU_NOTIFY_SOFT_DIRTY,
@@ -1261,7 +1246,8 @@ static ssize_t clear_refs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 		if (type == CLEAR_REFS_SOFT_DIRTY)
 			mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(&range);
 		tlb_finish_mmu(&tlb, 0, -1);
-		mmap_read_unlock(mm);
+out_unlock:
+		mmap_write_unlock(mm);
 out_mm:
 		mmput(mm);
 	}