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| -rw-r--r-- | mm/madvise.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c index 1f2693dccf7b..38d0f515d548 100644 --- a/mm/madvise.c +++ b/mm/madvise.c @@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ static int replace_anon_vma_name(struct vm_area_struct *vma, /* * Update the vm_flags on region of a vma, splitting it or merging it as * necessary. Must be called with mmap_sem held for writing; + * Caller should ensure anon_name stability by raising its refcount even when + * anon_name belongs to a valid vma because this function might free that vma. */ static int madvise_update_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_area_struct **prev, unsigned long start, @@ -945,6 +947,7 @@ static int madvise_vma_behavior(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long behavior) { int error; + struct anon_vma_name *anon_name; unsigned long new_flags = vma->vm_flags; switch (behavior) { @@ -1010,8 +1013,11 @@ static int madvise_vma_behavior(struct vm_area_struct *vma, break; } + anon_name = anon_vma_name(vma); + anon_vma_name_get(anon_name); error = madvise_update_vma(vma, prev, start, end, new_flags, - anon_vma_name(vma)); + anon_name); + anon_vma_name_put(anon_name); out: /* |