On Tue, Aug 05, 2014 at 09:46:59PM +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote: > m_start() drops ->mmap_sem and does mmput() if it retuns vsyscall > vma. This is because in this case m_stop()->vma_stop() obviously > can't use gate_vma->vm_mm. > > Now that we have proc_maps_private->mm we can simplify this logic: > > - Change m_start() to return with ->mmap_sem held unless it returns > IS_ERR_OR_NULL(). > > - Change vma_stop() to use priv->mm and avoid the ugly vma checks, > this makes "vm_area_struct *vma" unnecessary. > > - This also allows m_start() to use vm_stop(). > > - Cleanup m_next() to follow the new locking rule. > > Note: m_stop() looks very ugly, and this temporary uglifies it > even more. Fixed by the next change. > > Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <[email protected]>
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