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-rw-r--r--mm/shmem.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 1d3242026219..8b1560143c3b 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2179,7 +2179,11 @@ int shmem_lock(struct file *file, int lock, struct user_struct *user)
struct shmem_inode_info *info = SHMEM_I(inode);
int retval = -ENOMEM;
- spin_lock_irq(&info->lock);
+ /*
+ * What serializes the accesses to info->flags?
+ * ipc_lock_object() when called from shmctl_do_lock(),
+ * no serialization needed when called from shm_destroy().
+ */
if (lock && !(info->flags & VM_LOCKED)) {
if (!user_shm_lock(inode->i_size, user))
goto out_nomem;
@@ -2194,7 +2198,6 @@ int shmem_lock(struct file *file, int lock, struct user_struct *user)
retval = 0;
out_nomem:
- spin_unlock_irq(&info->lock);
return retval;
}