If fault_signal_pending() returns true, then the core mm has unlocked the mm for us. Add a comment to help future readers of this code.
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.han...@linux.intel.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <pet...@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <l...@kernel.org> --- arch/x86/mm/fault.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c index 87d30daa5e0a..b52064920f0d 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c @@ -1343,8 +1343,11 @@ void do_user_addr_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, */ fault = handle_mm_fault(vma, address, flags, regs); - /* Quick path to respond to signals */ if (fault_signal_pending(fault, regs)) { + /* + * Quick path to respond to signals. The core mm code + * has unlocked the mm for us if we get here. + */ if (!user_mode(regs)) no_context(regs, error_code, address, SIGBUS, BUS_ADRERR); -- 2.29.2