Merge tag 'v5.1-rc6' into for-5.2/block

Pull in v5.1-rc6 to resolve two conflicts. One is in BFQ, in just a
comment, and is trivial. The other one is a conflict due to a later fix
in the bio multi-page work, and needs a bit more care.

* tag 'v5.1-rc6': (770 commits)
  Linux 5.1-rc6
  block: make sure that bvec length can't be overflow
  block: kill all_q_node in request_queue
  x86/cpu/intel: Lower the "ENERGY_PERF_BIAS: Set to normal" message's log priority
  coredump: fix race condition between mmget_not_zero()/get_task_mm() and core dumping
  mm/kmemleak.c: fix unused-function warning
  init: initialize jump labels before command line option parsing
  kernel/watchdog_hld.c: hard lockup message should end with a newline
  kcov: improve CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_KCOV help text
  mm: fix inactive list balancing between NUMA nodes and cgroups
  mm/hotplug: treat CMA pages as unmovable
  proc: fixup proc-pid-vm test
  proc: fix map_files test on F29
  mm/vmstat.c: fix /proc/vmstat format for CONFIG_DEBUG_TLBFLUSH=y CONFIG_SMP=n
  mm/memory_hotplug: do not unlock after failing to take the device_hotplug_lock
  mm: swapoff: shmem_unuse() stop eviction without igrab()
  mm: swapoff: take notice of completion sooner
  mm: swapoff: remove too limiting SWAP_UNUSE_MAX_TRIES
  mm: swapoff: shmem_find_swap_entries() filter out other types
  slab: store tagged freelist for off-slab slabmgmt
  ...

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/sched/mm.h b/include/linux/sched/mm.h
index 0cd9f10423fb..a3fda9f024c3 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/mm.h
@@ -49,6 +49,27 @@ static inline void mmdrop(struct mm_struct *mm)
 		__mmdrop(mm);
 }
 
+/*
+ * This has to be called after a get_task_mm()/mmget_not_zero()
+ * followed by taking the mmap_sem for writing before modifying the
+ * vmas or anything the coredump pretends not to change from under it.
+ *
+ * NOTE: find_extend_vma() called from GUP context is the only place
+ * that can modify the "mm" (notably the vm_start/end) under mmap_sem
+ * for reading and outside the context of the process, so it is also
+ * the only case that holds the mmap_sem for reading that must call
+ * this function. Generally if the mmap_sem is hold for reading
+ * there's no need of this check after get_task_mm()/mmget_not_zero().
+ *
+ * This function can be obsoleted and the check can be removed, after
+ * the coredump code will hold the mmap_sem for writing before
+ * invoking the ->core_dump methods.
+ */
+static inline bool mmget_still_valid(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+	return likely(!mm->core_state);
+}
+
 /**
  * mmget() - Pin the address space associated with a &struct mm_struct.
  * @mm: The address space to pin.