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SubjectRe: [BUG] vmalloc_area_pages() in 2.4.2-ac25
Andrew Morton wrote:
>
> Tachino Nobuhiro wrote:
> >
> > vmalloc_area_pages() in 2.4.2-ac25 seems to be broken. It calls
> > spin_lock(&init_mm.page_table_lock) twice and causes system hang.
> >
>
> Yes, it would. Delete the innermost lock and unlock.
>

And the other one.

--- linux-2.4.2-ac25/mm/vmalloc.c Mon Mar 26 21:38:38 2001
+++ ac/mm/vmalloc.c Mon Mar 26 22:49:29 2001
@@ -126,9 +126,7 @@
do {
pte_t * pte;

- spin_lock(&init_mm.page_table_lock); /* pte_alloc requires this */
pte = pte_alloc(&init_mm, pmd, address);
- spin_unlock(&init_mm.page_table_lock);
if (!pte)
return -ENOMEM;
if (alloc_area_pte(pte, address, end - address, gfp_mask, prot))
@@ -152,9 +150,7 @@
do {
pmd_t *pmd;

- spin_lock(&init_mm.page_table_lock); /* pmd_alloc requires this */
pmd = pmd_alloc(&init_mm, dir, address);
- spin_unlock(&init_mm.page_table_lock);
ret = -ENOMEM;
if (!pmd)
break;
-
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