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authorLinus Torvalds2019-04-19 11:46:51 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds2019-04-19 11:46:51 -0700
commit3ecafda911f4e56cb80149fd7ab87f8610c7765f (patch)
treed6cd004fa085f01595f374d81824690c458a9701 /include
parentb222e9af0a250141b302d671d2d1e73e9079c544 (diff)
parent04f5866e41fb70690e28397487d8bd8eea7d712a (diff)
Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)
Merge misc fixes from Andrew Morton: "16 fixes" * emailed patches from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>: coredump: fix race condition between mmget_not_zero()/get_task_mm() and core dumping mm/kmemleak.c: fix unused-function warning init: initialize jump labels before command line option parsing kernel/watchdog_hld.c: hard lockup message should end with a newline kcov: improve CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_KCOV help text mm: fix inactive list balancing between NUMA nodes and cgroups mm/hotplug: treat CMA pages as unmovable proc: fixup proc-pid-vm test proc: fix map_files test on F29 mm/vmstat.c: fix /proc/vmstat format for CONFIG_DEBUG_TLBFLUSH=y CONFIG_SMP=n mm/memory_hotplug: do not unlock after failing to take the device_hotplug_lock mm: swapoff: shmem_unuse() stop eviction without igrab() mm: swapoff: take notice of completion sooner mm: swapoff: remove too limiting SWAP_UNUSE_MAX_TRIES mm: swapoff: shmem_find_swap_entries() filter out other types slab: store tagged freelist for off-slab slabmgmt
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/sched/mm.h21
-rw-r--r--include/linux/shmem_fs.h1
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/mm.h b/include/linux/sched/mm.h
index 0cd9f10423fb..a3fda9f024c3 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/mm.h
@@ -49,6 +49,27 @@ static inline void mmdrop(struct mm_struct *mm)
__mmdrop(mm);
}
+/*
+ * This has to be called after a get_task_mm()/mmget_not_zero()
+ * followed by taking the mmap_sem for writing before modifying the
+ * vmas or anything the coredump pretends not to change from under it.
+ *
+ * NOTE: find_extend_vma() called from GUP context is the only place
+ * that can modify the "mm" (notably the vm_start/end) under mmap_sem
+ * for reading and outside the context of the process, so it is also
+ * the only case that holds the mmap_sem for reading that must call
+ * this function. Generally if the mmap_sem is hold for reading
+ * there's no need of this check after get_task_mm()/mmget_not_zero().
+ *
+ * This function can be obsoleted and the check can be removed, after
+ * the coredump code will hold the mmap_sem for writing before
+ * invoking the ->core_dump methods.
+ */
+static inline bool mmget_still_valid(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+ return likely(!mm->core_state);
+}
+
/**
* mmget() - Pin the address space associated with a &struct mm_struct.
* @mm: The address space to pin.
diff --git a/include/linux/shmem_fs.h b/include/linux/shmem_fs.h
index f3fb1edb3526..20d815a33145 100644
--- a/include/linux/shmem_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/shmem_fs.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ struct shmem_inode_info {
struct list_head swaplist; /* chain of maybes on swap */
struct shared_policy policy; /* NUMA memory alloc policy */
struct simple_xattrs xattrs; /* list of xattrs */
+ atomic_t stop_eviction; /* hold when working on inode */
struct inode vfs_inode;
};