[ 25/68] NOMMU: Dont need to clear vm_mm when deleting a VMA

From: Greg KH
Date: Fri Mar 09 2012 - 15:05:35 EST


3.0-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit b94cfaf6685d691dc3fab023cf32f65e9b7be09c upstream.

Don't clear vm_mm in a deleted VMA as it's unnecessary and might
conceivably break the filesystem or driver VMA close routine.

Reported-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
mm/nommu.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -780,8 +780,6 @@ static void delete_vma_from_mm(struct vm

if (vma->vm_next)
vma->vm_next->vm_prev = vma->vm_prev;
-
- vma->vm_mm = NULL;
}

/*


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