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mm_for_maps: shift down_read(mmap_sem) to the caller
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mm_for_maps() takes ->mmap_sem after security checks, this looks
strange and obfuscates the locking rules. Move this lock to its
single caller, m_start().

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
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Oleg Nesterov authored and James Morris committed Aug 10, 2009
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8 changes: 3 additions & 5 deletions fs/proc/base.c
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Expand Up @@ -235,20 +235,18 @@ static int check_mem_permission(struct task_struct *task)
struct mm_struct *mm_for_maps(struct task_struct *task)
{
struct mm_struct *mm = get_task_mm(task);
if (!mm)
return NULL;
if (mm != current->mm) {

if (mm && mm != current->mm) {
/*
* task->mm can be changed before security check,
* in that case we must notice the change after.
*/
if (!ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ) ||
mm != task->mm) {
mmput(mm);
return NULL;
mm = NULL;
}
}
down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
return mm;
}

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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions fs/proc/task_mmu.c
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Expand Up @@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ static void *m_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
mm = mm_for_maps(priv->task);
if (!mm)
return NULL;
down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);

tail_vma = get_gate_vma(priv->task);
priv->tail_vma = tail_vma;
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions fs/proc/task_nommu.c
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Expand Up @@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ static void *m_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
priv->task = NULL;
return NULL;
}
down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);

/* start from the Nth VMA */
for (p = rb_first(&mm->mm_rb); p; p = rb_next(p))
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