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Subject[patch 7/9] Locking rules for taking multiple mmap_sem locks.
This patch adds a lock ordering rule to avoid a potential deadlock when
multiple mmap_sems need to be locked.

Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com>

---
mm/filemap.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

Index: linux-2.6/mm/filemap.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/filemap.c 2008-04-01 13:02:41.374608387 -0700
+++ linux-2.6/mm/filemap.c 2008-04-01 13:05:02.777015782 -0700
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ generic_file_direct_IO(int rw, struct ki
* ->i_mutex (generic_file_buffered_write)
* ->mmap_sem (fault_in_pages_readable->do_page_fault)
*
+ * When taking multiple mmap_sems, one should lock the lowest-addressed
+ * one first proceeding on up to the highest-addressed one.
+ *
* ->i_mutex
* ->i_alloc_sem (various)
*
--


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