mm: fix hang on anon_vma->root->lock

[mv-sheeva.git] / mm / rmap.c

diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index 87b9e8ad450962afa1159b763f0aa0a977ab9a88..f6f0d2dda2eae8480860cf57f5a9cfce69820716 100644 (file)
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ void __init anon_vma_init(void)
  */
 struct anon_vma *page_lock_anon_vma(struct page *page)
 {
-       struct anon_vma *anon_vma;
+       struct anon_vma *anon_vma, *root_anon_vma;
        unsigned long anon_mapping;
 
        rcu_read_lock();
@@ -327,8 +327,21 @@ struct anon_vma *page_lock_anon_vma(struct page *page)
                goto out;
 
        anon_vma = (struct anon_vma *) (anon_mapping - PAGE_MAPPING_ANON);
-       anon_vma_lock(anon_vma);
-       return anon_vma;
+       root_anon_vma = ACCESS_ONCE(anon_vma->root);
+       spin_lock(&root_anon_vma->lock);
+
+       /*
+        * If this page is still mapped, then its anon_vma cannot have been
+        * freed.  But if it has been unmapped, we have no security against
+        * the anon_vma structure being freed and reused (for another anon_vma:
+        * SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU guarantees that - so the spin_lock above cannot
+        * corrupt): with anon_vma_prepare() or anon_vma_fork() redirecting
+        * anon_vma->root before page_unlock_anon_vma() is called to unlock.
+        */
+       if (page_mapped(page))
+               return anon_vma;
+
+       spin_unlock(&root_anon_vma->lock);
 out:
        rcu_read_unlock();
        return NULL;