Re: [PATCH v3] futex: Remove requirement for lock_page in

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Wed Jan 20 2016 - 15:02:27 EST


On Wed, 20 Jan 2016, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Jan 2016, Bueso wrote:
> > +
> > + /* Should be impossible but lets be paranoid for now */
> > + BUG_ON(inode->i_mapping != mapping);
>
> Hmm, do we want to transform this into an if and do rcu unlock and then just
> call BUG()? I't doesn't matter at this point _anyway_, but it would be the
> right
> thing to do, no?

The better solution is to err out gracefully.

if (WARN_ON_ONCE(inode->i_mapping != mapping) {
err = -EFAULT;
rcu_read_unlock();
goto out;
}

Hmm?

Thanks,

tglx