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author | Anton Vorontsov <anton.vorontsov@linaro.org> | 2012-05-31 16:26:23 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-05-31 17:49:29 -0700 |
commit | 73863ab028579ed98c4f1f36d016536b1b415344 (patch) | |
tree | 8ad66593e4b2ebd7f32acdb2e53dc0bb8dd201f5 /arch/powerpc/mm/Makefile | |
parent | 3eaa73bde2fb475b731a0fde7dd11c3ecfb8679c (diff) |
powerpc: use clear_tasks_mm_cpumask()
Current CPU hotplug code has some task->mm handling issues:
1. Working with task->mm w/o getting mm or grabing the task lock is
dangerous as ->mm might disappear (exit_mm() assigns NULL under
task_lock(), so tasklist lock is not enough).
We can't use get_task_mm()/mmput() pair as mmput() might sleep,
so we must take the task lock while handle its mm.
2. Checking for process->mm is not enough because process' main
thread may exit or detach its mm via use_mm(), but other threads
may still have a valid mm.
To fix this we would need to use find_lock_task_mm(), which would
walk up all threads and returns an appropriate task (with task
lock held).
clear_tasks_mm_cpumask() has all the issues fixed, so let's use it.
Suggested-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <anton.vorontsov@linaro.org>
Acked-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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