commit 9b679320a5fbf46454011e5c62e0b8991b0956d1
author Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Mon Jun 27 16:18:09 2011 -0700
committer Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Mon Jun 27 18:00:13 2011 -0700
tree 49ea7be5e8bb669ef99533a18c73555e2882efc5
parent aa2c96d6f329e66cc59352b0f12e8f04e6a9593b

mm/memory-failure.c: fix spinlock vs mutex order

We cannot take a mutex while holding a spinlock, so flip the order and
fix the locking documentation.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Acked-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

mm/memory-failure.c

diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
index eac0ba5..740c4f5 100644
--- a/mm/memory-failure.c
+++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
@@ -391,10 +391,11 @@
 	struct task_struct *tsk;
 	struct anon_vma *av;
 
-	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
 	av = page_lock_anon_vma(page);
 	if (av == NULL)	/* Not actually mapped anymore */
-		goto out;
+		return;
+
+	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
 	for_each_process (tsk) {
 		struct anon_vma_chain *vmac;
 
@@ -408,9 +409,8 @@
 				add_to_kill(tsk, page, vma, to_kill, tkc);
 		}
 	}
-	page_unlock_anon_vma(av);
-out:
 	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+	page_unlock_anon_vma(av);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -424,17 +424,8 @@
 	struct prio_tree_iter iter;
 	struct address_space *mapping = page->mapping;
 
-	/*
-	 * A note on the locking order between the two locks.
-	 * We don't rely on this particular order.
-	 * If you have some other code that needs a different order
-	 * feel free to switch them around. Or add a reverse link
-	 * from mm_struct to task_struct, then this could be all
-	 * done without taking tasklist_lock and looping over all tasks.
-	 */
-
-	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
 	mutex_lock(&mapping->i_mmap_mutex);
+	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
 	for_each_process(tsk) {
 		pgoff_t pgoff = page->index << (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - PAGE_SHIFT);
 
@@ -454,8 +445,8 @@
 				add_to_kill(tsk, page, vma, to_kill, tkc);
 		}
 	}
-	mutex_unlock(&mapping->i_mmap_mutex);
 	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&mapping->i_mmap_mutex);
 }
 
 /*

mm/rmap.c

diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index 27dfd3b..23295f65 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -38,9 +38,8 @@
  *                           in arch-dependent flush_dcache_mmap_lock,
  *                           within inode_wb_list_lock in __sync_single_inode)
  *
- * (code doesn't rely on that order so it could be switched around)
- * ->tasklist_lock
- *   anon_vma->mutex      (memory_failure, collect_procs_anon)
+ * anon_vma->mutex,mapping->i_mutex      (memory_failure, collect_procs_anon)
+ *   ->tasklist_lock
  *     pte map lock
  */