mm/mempolicy.c: add rcu read lock to protect pid structure
find_task_by_vpid() should be protected by rcu_read_lock(), to prevent
free_pid() reclaiming pid.
Signed-off-by: Zeng Zhaoming <zengzm.kernel@gmail.com>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@us.ibm.com>
Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 4a57f13..11ff260 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -1307,15 +1307,18 @@
goto out;
/* Find the mm_struct */
+ rcu_read_lock();
read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
task = pid ? find_task_by_vpid(pid) : current;
if (!task) {
read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
err = -ESRCH;
goto out;
}
mm = get_task_mm(task);
read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
err = -EINVAL;
if (!mm)