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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/8] arm: Fix possible race on task->mm
On Wed, Feb 08, 2012 at 05:08:08PM +0100, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> On 02/07, Anton Vorontsov wrote:
> >
> > Checking for task->mm 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,
>
> Yes, but
>
> > so let's take the task lock while we care about its mm.
>
> it seems that this needs find_lock_task_mm() too ?
>
> the same for the rest patches in this series.

Yep, I think you're right, will add this change.

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Anton Vorontsov
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