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authorKAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>2009-09-21 17:02:32 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-09-22 07:17:33 -0700
commitdd32c279983bf77fdcc8a9aa4a05b0ffdc75859c (patch)
tree399737a47e6ab1b3a39f6f2950fec325421d082d /mm/vmalloc.c
parent2f66a68f3fac2e94da360c342ff78ab45553f86c (diff)
vmalloc: unmap vmalloc area after hiding it
vmap area should be purged after vm_struct is removed from the list because vread/vwrite etc...believes the range is valid while it's on vm_struct list. Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Reviewed-by: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com> Cc: Mike Smith <scgtrp@gmail.com> Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/vmalloc.c')
-rw-r--r--mm/vmalloc.c14
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index 759deae4539a..c4071fa8e12a 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -1270,17 +1270,21 @@ struct vm_struct *remove_vm_area(const void *addr)
if (va && va->flags & VM_VM_AREA) {
struct vm_struct *vm = va->private;
struct vm_struct *tmp, **p;
-
- vmap_debug_free_range(va->va_start, va->va_end);
- free_unmap_vmap_area(va);
- vm->size -= PAGE_SIZE;
-
+ /*
+ * remove from list and disallow access to this vm_struct
+ * before unmap. (address range confliction is maintained by
+ * vmap.)
+ */
write_lock(&vmlist_lock);
for (p = &vmlist; (tmp = *p) != vm; p = &tmp->next)
;
*p = tmp->next;
write_unlock(&vmlist_lock);
+ vmap_debug_free_range(va->va_start, va->va_end);
+ free_unmap_vmap_area(va);
+ vm->size -= PAGE_SIZE;
+
return vm;
}
return NULL;