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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/shmem.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/shmem.c | 17 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c index 8280a5cb48df..c1d8b8a1aa3b 100644 --- a/mm/shmem.c +++ b/mm/shmem.c @@ -2424,9 +2424,26 @@ int shmem_mfill_atomic_pte(struct mm_struct *dst_mm, if (!zeropage) { /* COPY */ page_kaddr = kmap_local_folio(folio, 0); + /* + * The read mmap_lock is held here. Despite the + * mmap_lock being read recursive a deadlock is still + * possible if a writer has taken a lock. For example: + * + * process A thread 1 takes read lock on own mmap_lock + * process A thread 2 calls mmap, blocks taking write lock + * process B thread 1 takes page fault, read lock on own mmap lock + * process B thread 2 calls mmap, blocks taking write lock + * process A thread 1 blocks taking read lock on process B + * process B thread 1 blocks taking read lock on process A + * + * Disable page faults to prevent potential deadlock + * and retry the copy outside the mmap_lock. + */ + pagefault_disable(); ret = copy_from_user(page_kaddr, (const void __user *)src_addr, PAGE_SIZE); + pagefault_enable(); kunmap_local(page_kaddr); /* fallback to copy_from_user outside mmap_lock */ |