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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/powerpc')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/vas.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/vas.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/vas.c index 9a44a98ba342..3fbc2a6aa319 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/vas.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/vas.c @@ -744,6 +744,12 @@ static int reconfig_close_windows(struct vas_caps *vcap, int excess_creds, } task_ref = &win->vas_win.task_ref; + /* + * VAS mmap (coproc_mmap()) and its fault handler + * (vas_mmap_fault()) are called after holding mmap lock. + * So hold mmap mutex after mmap_lock to avoid deadlock. + */ + mmap_write_lock(task_ref->mm); mutex_lock(&task_ref->mmap_mutex); vma = task_ref->vma; /* @@ -752,7 +758,6 @@ static int reconfig_close_windows(struct vas_caps *vcap, int excess_creds, */ win->vas_win.status |= flag; - mmap_write_lock(task_ref->mm); /* * vma is set in the original mapping. But this mapping * is done with mmap() after the window is opened with ioctl. @@ -762,8 +767,8 @@ static int reconfig_close_windows(struct vas_caps *vcap, int excess_creds, if (vma) zap_vma_pages(vma); - mmap_write_unlock(task_ref->mm); mutex_unlock(&task_ref->mmap_mutex); + mmap_write_unlock(task_ref->mm); /* * Close VAS window in the hypervisor, but do not * free vas_window struct since it may be reused |