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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/madvise.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/madvise.c | 34 |
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c index 603c5257ed6e..60542d006ec1 100644 --- a/mm/madvise.c +++ b/mm/madvise.c @@ -10,6 +10,25 @@ #include <linux/syscalls.h> #include <linux/mempolicy.h> #include <linux/hugetlb.h> +#include <linux/sched.h> + +/* + * Any behaviour which results in changes to the vma->vm_flags needs to + * take mmap_sem for writing. Others, which simply traverse vmas, need + * to only take it for reading. + */ +static int madvise_need_mmap_write(int behavior) +{ + switch (behavior) { + case MADV_REMOVE: + case MADV_WILLNEED: + case MADV_DONTNEED: + return 0; + default: + /* be safe, default to 1. list exceptions explicitly */ + return 1; + } +} /* * We can potentially split a vm area into separate @@ -183,9 +202,9 @@ static long madvise_remove(struct vm_area_struct *vma, + ((loff_t)vma->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT); /* vmtruncate_range needs to take i_mutex and i_alloc_sem */ - up_write(¤t->mm->mmap_sem); + up_read(¤t->mm->mmap_sem); error = vmtruncate_range(mapping->host, offset, endoff); - down_write(¤t->mm->mmap_sem); + down_read(¤t->mm->mmap_sem); return error; } @@ -270,7 +289,10 @@ asmlinkage long sys_madvise(unsigned long start, size_t len_in, int behavior) int error = -EINVAL; size_t len; - down_write(¤t->mm->mmap_sem); + if (madvise_need_mmap_write(behavior)) + down_write(¤t->mm->mmap_sem); + else + down_read(¤t->mm->mmap_sem); if (start & ~PAGE_MASK) goto out; @@ -332,6 +354,10 @@ asmlinkage long sys_madvise(unsigned long start, size_t len_in, int behavior) vma = find_vma(current->mm, start); } out: - up_write(¤t->mm->mmap_sem); + if (madvise_need_mmap_write(behavior)) + up_write(¤t->mm->mmap_sem); + else + up_read(¤t->mm->mmap_sem); + return error; } |