From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262484AbVHDSDv (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Aug 2005 14:03:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262486AbVHDSDv (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Aug 2005 14:03:51 -0400 Received: from silver.veritas.com ([143.127.12.111]:28703 "EHLO silver.veritas.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262484AbVHDSDq (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Aug 2005 14:03:46 -0400 Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 19:05:30 +0100 (BST) From: Hugh Dickins X-X-Sender: hugh@goblin.wat.veritas.com To: Linus Torvalds cc: Andrew Morton , Frank van Maarseveen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] fix VmSize and VmData after mremap Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-OriginalArrivalTime: 04 Aug 2005 18:03:43.0096 (UTC) FILETIME=[D9BBCF80:01C5991E] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org mremap's move_vma is applying __vm_stat_account to the old vma which may have already been freed: move it to just before the do_munmap. mremapping to and fro with CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB=y showed /proc//status VmSize and VmData wrapping just like in kernel bugzilla #4842, and fixed by this patch - worth including in 2.6.13, though not yet confirmed that it fixes that specific report from Frank van Maarseveen. Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins --- 2.6.13-rc5-git2/mm/mremap.c 2005-06-17 20:48:29.000000000 +0100 +++ linux/mm/mremap.c 2005-08-03 16:22:33.000000000 +0100 @@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ static unsigned long move_vma(struct vm_ * since do_munmap() will decrement it by old_len == new_len */ mm->total_vm += new_len >> PAGE_SHIFT; + __vm_stat_account(mm, vma->vm_flags, vma->vm_file, new_len>>PAGE_SHIFT); if (do_munmap(mm, old_addr, old_len) < 0) { /* OOM: unable to split vma, just get accounts right */ @@ -243,7 +244,6 @@ static unsigned long move_vma(struct vm_ vma->vm_next->vm_flags |= VM_ACCOUNT; } - __vm_stat_account(mm, vma->vm_flags, vma->vm_file, new_len>>PAGE_SHIFT); if (vm_flags & VM_LOCKED) { mm->locked_vm += new_len >> PAGE_SHIFT; if (new_len > old_len)