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authorAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>2014-12-02 18:59:28 -0500
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-12-02 20:32:07 -0500
commit91b57191cfd152c02ded0745250167d0263084f8 (patch)
tree677bb8c059094859904003cb7af01cbee1d9773e /mm
parentfb993fa1a2f669215fa03a09eed7848f2663e336 (diff)
mm/vmpressure.c: fix race in vmpressure_work_fn()
In some android devices, there will be a "divide by zero" exception. vmpr->scanned could be zero before spin_lock(&vmpr->sr_lock). Addresses https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88051 [akpm@linux-foundation.org: neaten] Reported-by: ji_ang <ji_ang@163.com> Cc: Anton Vorontsov <anton.vorontsov@linaro.org> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm')
-rw-r--r--mm/vmpressure.c8
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/mm/vmpressure.c b/mm/vmpressure.c
index d4042e75f7c7..c5afd573d7da 100644
--- a/mm/vmpressure.c
+++ b/mm/vmpressure.c
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ static void vmpressure_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
165 unsigned long scanned; 165 unsigned long scanned;
166 unsigned long reclaimed; 166 unsigned long reclaimed;
167 167
168 spin_lock(&vmpr->sr_lock);
168 /* 169 /*
169 * Several contexts might be calling vmpressure(), so it is 170 * Several contexts might be calling vmpressure(), so it is
170 * possible that the work was rescheduled again before the old 171 * possible that the work was rescheduled again before the old
@@ -173,11 +174,12 @@ static void vmpressure_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
173 * here. No need for any locks here since we don't care if 174 * here. No need for any locks here since we don't care if
174 * vmpr->reclaimed is in sync. 175 * vmpr->reclaimed is in sync.
175 */ 176 */
176 if (!vmpr->scanned) 177 scanned = vmpr->scanned;
178 if (!scanned) {
179 spin_unlock(&vmpr->sr_lock);
177 return; 180 return;
181 }
178 182
179 spin_lock(&vmpr->sr_lock);
180 scanned = vmpr->scanned;
181 reclaimed = vmpr->reclaimed; 183 reclaimed = vmpr->reclaimed;
182 vmpr->scanned = 0; 184 vmpr->scanned = 0;
183 vmpr->reclaimed = 0; 185 vmpr->reclaimed = 0;