[PATCH] ppc32: fix destroy_context() race condition
From: Guillaume Autran <hidden>
Date: 2005-07-12 14:22:29
Fix for a race condition when a task gets preempted by another task while executing the destroy_context(...) in a FEW_CONTEXTS environment. mm->context == NO_CONTEXT but the context_map may indicate all contexts are in use. The solution to this problem is to disable kernel preemption while destroying a MMU context. Signed-off-by: Guillaume Autran <redacted> --- diff -Nru a/include/asm-ppc/mmu_context.h b/include/asm-ppc/mmu_context.h
--- a/include/asm-ppc/mmu_context.h 2005-06-17 15:48:29.000000000 -0400
+++ b/include/asm-ppc/mmu_context.h 2005-07-05 08:58:46.000000000 -0400@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ */
static inline void destroy_context(struct mm_struct *mm)
{
+ preempt_disable();
if (mm->context != NO_CONTEXT) {
clear_bit(mm->context, context_map);
mm->context = NO_CONTEXT;@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@atomic_inc(&nr_free_contexts); #endif } + preempt_enable(); } static inline void switch_mm(struct mm_struct *prev, struct mm_struct *next,