vmalloc: unmap vmalloc area after hiding it
authorKAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:02:32 +0000 (17:02 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:17:33 +0000 (07:17 -0700)
vmap area should be purged after vm_struct is removed from the list
because vread/vwrite etc...believes the range is valid while it's on
vm_struct list.

Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
Reviewed-by: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
Cc: Mike Smith <scgtrp@gmail.com>
Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
mm/vmalloc.c

index 759deae4539a531824eb2986f5deed474a8436a6..c4071fa8e12a6b72628a5bb3a0d33ba2e2febce9 100644 (file)
@@ -1270,17 +1270,21 @@ struct vm_struct *remove_vm_area(const void *addr)
        if (va && va->flags & VM_VM_AREA) {
                struct vm_struct *vm = va->private;
                struct vm_struct *tmp, **p;
-
-               vmap_debug_free_range(va->va_start, va->va_end);
-               free_unmap_vmap_area(va);
-               vm->size -= PAGE_SIZE;
-
+               /*
+                * remove from list and disallow access to this vm_struct
+                * before unmap. (address range confliction is maintained by
+                * vmap.)
+                */
                write_lock(&vmlist_lock);
                for (p = &vmlist; (tmp = *p) != vm; p = &tmp->next)
                        ;
                *p = tmp->next;
                write_unlock(&vmlist_lock);
 
+               vmap_debug_free_range(va->va_start, va->va_end);
+               free_unmap_vmap_area(va);
+               vm->size -= PAGE_SIZE;
+
                return vm;
        }
        return NULL;