From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jean-Philippe Brucker Subject: [PATCH v2 12/40] mm: export symbol mmput_async Date: Fri, 11 May 2018 20:06:13 +0100 Message-ID: <20180511190641.23008-13-jean-philippe.brucker@arm.com> References: <20180511190641.23008-1-jean-philippe.brucker@arm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20180511190641.23008-1-jean-philippe.brucker-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: iommu-bounces-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org Errors-To: iommu-bounces-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org To: linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org, linux-pci-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-acpi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, devicetree-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, iommu-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org, kvm-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-mm-Bw31MaZKKs3YtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org Cc: xuzaibo-hv44wF8Li93QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, will.deacon-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org, okaya-sgV2jX0FEOL9JmXXK+q4OQ@public.gmane.org, ashok.raj-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, bharatku-gjFFaj9aHVfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, rfranz-YGCgFSpz5w/QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, rgummal-gjFFaj9aHVfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, ilias.apalodimas-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org, dwmw2-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org, christian.koenig-5C7GfCeVMHo@public.gmane.org List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org In some cases releasing a mm bound to a device might invoke an exit handler, that takes a lock already held by the function calling mmput(). This is the case for VFIO, which needs to call mmput_async to avoid a deadlock. Other drivers using SVA might follow. Since they can be built as modules, export the mmput_async symbol. Cc: akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org Signed-off-by: Jean-Philippe Brucker --- kernel/fork.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c index 1062f7450e97..bf05d188c8de 100644 --- a/kernel/fork.c +++ b/kernel/fork.c @@ -999,6 +999,7 @@ void mmput_async(struct mm_struct *mm) schedule_work(&mm->async_put_work); } } +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mmput_async); #endif /** -- 2.17.0