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* [PATCH] mmap: fix loop when adjusting vma
@ 2011-11-11 12:53 ` Hillf Danton
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Hillf Danton @ 2011-11-11 12:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andrew Morton
  Cc: Andrea Arcangeli, Hugh Dickins, Johannes Weiner, LKML, linux-mm

If we have more work to do after one vma is removed, we have to reload @end in
case it is clobbered, then try again.

Thanks

Signed-off-by: Hillf Danton <dhillf@gmail.com>
---

--- a/mm/mmap.c	Fri Nov 11 20:35:46 2011
+++ b/mm/mmap.c	Fri Nov 11 20:41:32 2011
@@ -490,6 +490,7 @@ __vma_unlink(struct mm_struct *mm, struc
 int vma_adjust(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start,
 	unsigned long end, pgoff_t pgoff, struct vm_area_struct *insert)
 {
+	unsigned long saved_end = end;
 	struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
 	struct vm_area_struct *next = vma->vm_next;
 	struct vm_area_struct *importer = NULL;
@@ -634,7 +635,14 @@ again:			remove_next = 1 + (end > next->
 		 */
 		if (remove_next == 2) {
 			next = vma->vm_next;
-			goto again;
+			if (next) {
+				/*
+				 * we have more work, reload @end in case
+				 * it is clobbered.
+				 */
+				end = saved_end;
+				goto again;
+			}
 		}
 	}

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