[PATCH] mmput() might sleep

exit_aio() and exit_mmap() can sleep. But it's easy to accidentally call mmput() from inside locks. Cc: Dave Peterson <dsp@llnl.gov> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
git-mirror · Jun 23, 2006 · 0ae26f1 · 0ae26f1
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diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -368,6 +368,8 @@ void fastcall __mmdrop(struct mm_struct *mm)
  */
 void mmput(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
+	might_sleep();
+
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&mm->mm_users)) {
 		exit_aio(mm);
 		exit_mmap(mm);