mm: Hold a file reference in madvise_remove

[karo-tx-linux.git] / mm / madvise.c

diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index 74bf193eff04fdeea6c433675a3705adbeb3c0f1..23d3a6b3764f011f754cc7371082f1a6e6668275 100644 (file)
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/hugetlb.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/ksm.h>
+#include <linux/file.h>
 
 /*
  * Any behaviour which results in changes to the vma->vm_flags needs to
@@ -197,14 +198,16 @@ static long madvise_remove(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
        struct address_space *mapping;
        loff_t offset, endoff;
        int error;
+       struct file *f;
 
        *prev = NULL;   /* tell sys_madvise we drop mmap_sem */
 
        if (vma->vm_flags & (VM_LOCKED|VM_NONLINEAR|VM_HUGETLB))
                return -EINVAL;
 
-       if (!vma->vm_file || !vma->vm_file->f_mapping
-               || !vma->vm_file->f_mapping->host) {
+       f = vma->vm_file;
+
+       if (!f || !f->f_mapping || !f->f_mapping->host) {
                        return -EINVAL;
        }
 
@@ -218,9 +221,16 @@ static long madvise_remove(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
        endoff = (loff_t)(end - vma->vm_start - 1)
                        + ((loff_t)vma->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT);
 
-       /* vmtruncate_range needs to take i_mutex */
+       /*
+        * vmtruncate_range may need to take i_mutex.  We need to
+        * explicitly grab a reference because the vma (and hence the
+        * vma's reference to the file) can go away as soon as we drop
+        * mmap_sem.
+        */
+       get_file(f);
        up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
        error = vmtruncate_range(mapping->host, offset, endoff);
+       fput(f);
        down_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
        return error;
 }