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[Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/6] xen-gntdev: Fix circular locking dependency

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Subject: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/6] xen-gntdev: Fix circular locking dependency
From: Daniel De Graaf <dgdegra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 09:55:48 -0500
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apply_to_page_range will acquire PTE lock while priv->lock is held, and
mn_invl_range_start tries to acquire priv->lock with PTE already held.
Fix by not holding priv->lock during the entire map operation.

Signed-off-by: Daniel De Graaf <dgdegra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/xen/gntdev.c |   19 +++++++++----------
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/xen/gntdev.c b/drivers/xen/gntdev.c
index a33e443..c582804 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/gntdev.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/gntdev.c
@@ -581,23 +581,22 @@ static int gntdev_mmap(struct file *flip, struct 
vm_area_struct *vma)
        if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE))
                map->flags |= GNTMAP_readonly;
 
+       spin_unlock(&priv->lock);
+
        err = apply_to_page_range(vma->vm_mm, vma->vm_start,
                                  vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start,
                                  find_grant_ptes, map);
-       if (err) {
-               goto unlock_out;
-               if (debug)
-                       printk("%s: find_grant_ptes() failure.\n", 
__FUNCTION__);
-       }
+       if (err)
+               return err;
 
        err = map_grant_pages(map);
-       if (err) {
-               goto unlock_out;
-               if (debug)
-                       printk("%s: map_grant_pages() failure.\n", 
__FUNCTION__);
-       }
+       if (err)
+               return err;
+
        map->is_mapped = 1;
 
+       return 0;
+
 unlock_out:
        spin_unlock(&priv->lock);
        return err;
-- 
1.7.2.3


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