Re: [PATCH] Use MM_VM_SIZE in exit_mmap

[William Lee Irwin III]

Anton Blanchard <anton@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> It is possible for one task to end up "owning" an mm from another - we
>> have seen this with the procfs code when process 1 accesses
>> /proc/pid/cmdline of process 2 while it is exiting.  Process 2 exits
>> but does not tear its mm down. Later on process 1 finishes with the proc
>> file and the mm gets torn down at this point.

On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 07:44:24AM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> IMHO that's the root bug. That sounds really dangerous and will likely
> cause other problems because it is totally unexpected. How about fixing
> /proc to not do this?

It would not be meaningful. It's a natural outcome of reference
counting the mm, /proc/ is far from the only place that acquires
references on mm's, and they're all necessary.


-- wli
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