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authorOlof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>2012-02-10 15:40:34 -0500
committerOlof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>2012-02-10 15:40:34 -0500
commit082f53c2f573c75a8f1610c587a43b6817e20f90 (patch)
treec3ad3a58967e7f7f61ff12ff59284dba1e76d093 /kernel/fork.c
parente69128b947da0a2474447868f73c76311e2baedb (diff)
parentb024e33682c8e56cc8e869245dabd1b91ffe00ea (diff)
Merge branch 'for-arm-soc' of git://sources.calxeda.com/kernel/linux into next/soc
* 'for-arm-soc' of git://sources.calxeda.com/kernel/linux: (247 commits) ARM: highbank: remove unused memory.h ARM: highbank: enable sp804 based sched_clock ARM: timer-sp: add sched_clock support Linux 3.3-rc3 pcmcia: fix socket refcount decrementing on each resume mm: fix UP THP spin_is_locked BUGs drivers/leds/leds-lm3530.c: fix setting pltfm->als_vmax mm: compaction: check for overlapping nodes during isolation for migration nilfs2: avoid overflowing segment numbers in nilfs_ioctl_clean_segments() ASoC: wm8994: Disable line output discharge prior to ramping VMID ASoC: wm8994: Fix typo in VMID ramp setting ALSA: oxygen, virtuoso: fix exchanged L/R volumes of aux and CD inputs ALSA: usb-audio: add Edirol UM-3G support checkpatch: Warn on code with 6+ tab indentation ACPI: remove duplicated lines of merging problems with acpi_processor_add ALSA: hda - add support for Uniwill ECS M31EI notebook HID: wiimote: fix invalid power_supply_powers call ALSA: hda - Fix error handling in patch_ca0132.c target: Fix unsupported WRITE_SAME sense payload iscsi: use IP_FREEBIND socket option ...
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diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 051f090d40c1..1b2ef3c23ae4 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -647,6 +647,26 @@ struct mm_struct *get_task_mm(struct task_struct *task)
647} 647}
648EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_task_mm); 648EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_task_mm);
649 649
650struct mm_struct *mm_access(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int mode)
651{
652 struct mm_struct *mm;
653 int err;
654
655 err = mutex_lock_killable(&task->signal->cred_guard_mutex);
656 if (err)
657 return ERR_PTR(err);
658
659 mm = get_task_mm(task);
660 if (mm && mm != current->mm &&
661 !ptrace_may_access(task, mode)) {
662 mmput(mm);
663 mm = ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
664 }
665 mutex_unlock(&task->signal->cred_guard_mutex);
666
667 return mm;
668}
669
650/* Please note the differences between mmput and mm_release. 670/* Please note the differences between mmput and mm_release.
651 * mmput is called whenever we stop holding onto a mm_struct, 671 * mmput is called whenever we stop holding onto a mm_struct,
652 * error success whatever. 672 * error success whatever.