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mm_for_maps: shift down_read(mmap_sem) to the caller
authorOleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:27:38 +0000 (03:27 +0200)
committerJames Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Mon, 10 Aug 2009 02:21:06 +0000 (12:21 +1000)
commitd3c8660233d3f2801e14eaf722937ff4ed49bfb7
tree9be8e7e08142e1685bc7346b359de0555d8de3f4tree | snapshot
parent47d439e9fb8a81a90022cfa785bf1c36c4e2aff6commit | diff
mm_for_maps: shift down_read(mmap_sem) to the caller

mm_for_maps() takes ->mmap_sem after security checks, this looks
strange and obfuscates the locking rules. Move this lock to its
single caller, m_start().

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
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