Re: [RFC][PATCH v3 6/6] fix wrong get_user_pages usage in iovlock.c

[KOSAKI Motohiro]

> > I would perhaps not fold gup_fast conversions into the same patch as
> > the fix.
> 
> OK. I'll fix.

Done.



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Subject: [Untested][RFC][PATCH] fix wrong get_user_pages usage in iovlock.c

	down_read(mmap_sem)
	get_user_pages()
	up_read(mmap_sem)

is fork unsafe.
fix it.

Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Maciej Sosnowski <maciej.sosnowski@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Chris Leech <christopher.leech@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
 drivers/dma/iovlock.c |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: b/drivers/dma/iovlock.c
===================================================================
--- a/drivers/dma/iovlock.c	2009-04-13 22:58:36.000000000 +0900
+++ b/drivers/dma/iovlock.c	2009-04-14 20:27:16.000000000 +0900
@@ -104,8 +104,6 @@ struct dma_pinned_list *dma_pin_iovec_pa
 			0,	/* force */
 			page_list->pages,
 			NULL);
-		up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
-
 		if (ret != page_list->nr_pages)
 			goto unpin;
 
@@ -127,6 +125,8 @@ void dma_unpin_iovec_pages(struct dma_pi
 	if (!pinned_list)
 		return;
 
+	up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+
 	for (i = 0; i < pinned_list->nr_iovecs; i++) {
 		struct dma_page_list *page_list = &pinned_list->page_list[i];
 		for (j = 0; j < page_list->nr_pages; j++) {


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