On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 03:39:58 +0300
Oleg Nesterov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> David Rientjes wrote:
> >
> > +static ssize_t clear_refs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
> > +                           size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
> > +{
> > ...
> > +   task = get_proc_task(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
> > +   if (!task)
> > +           return -ESRCH;
> > +   clear_refs_smap(task->mm->mmap);
> 
> task->mm may be NULL and not stable, this needs get_task_mm() (may fail).

yup.

> Don't we also need ->mmap_sem to iterate vmas?

and yup.

Like this?

--- a/fs/proc/base.c~smaps-add-clear_refs-file-to-clear-reference-fix
+++ a/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -720,6 +720,7 @@ static ssize_t clear_refs_write(struct f
 {
        struct task_struct *task;
        char buffer[PROC_NUMBUF], *end;
+       struct mm_struct *mm;
 
        memset(buffer, 0, sizeof(buffer));
        if (count > sizeof(buffer) - 1)
@@ -733,7 +734,11 @@ static ssize_t clear_refs_write(struct f
        task = get_proc_task(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
        if (!task)
                return -ESRCH;
-       clear_refs_smap(task->mm->mmap);
+       mm = get_task_mm(task);
+       if (mm) {
+               clear_refs_smap(mm);
+               mmput(mm);
+       }
        put_task_struct(task);
        if (end - buffer == 0)
                return -EIO;
diff -puN fs/proc/task_mmu.c~smaps-add-clear_refs-file-to-clear-reference-fix 
fs/proc/task_mmu.c
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c~smaps-add-clear_refs-file-to-clear-reference-fix
+++ a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -350,11 +350,15 @@ static int show_smap(struct seq_file *m,
        return show_map_internal(m, v, &mss);
 }
 
-void clear_refs_smap(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+void clear_refs_smap(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
-       for (; vma; vma = vma->vm_next)
+       struct vm_area_struct *vma;
+
+       down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+       for (vma = mm->mmap; vma; vma = vma->vm_next)
                if (vma->vm_mm && !is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma))
                        for_each_pmd(vma, clear_refs_one_pmd, NULL);
+       up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 }
 
 static void *m_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
diff -puN 
include/linux/proc_fs.h~smaps-add-clear_refs-file-to-clear-reference-fix 
include/linux/proc_fs.h
--- a/include/linux/proc_fs.h~smaps-add-clear_refs-file-to-clear-reference-fix
+++ a/include/linux/proc_fs.h
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ int proc_pid_readdir(struct file * filp,
 unsigned long task_vsize(struct mm_struct *);
 int task_statm(struct mm_struct *, int *, int *, int *, int *);
 char *task_mem(struct mm_struct *, char *);
-void clear_refs_smap(struct vm_area_struct *);
+void clear_refs_smap(struct mm_struct *mm);
 
 extern struct proc_dir_entry *create_proc_entry(const char *name, mode_t mode,
                                                struct proc_dir_entry *parent);
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