[RFC PATCH 15/28] mm/mmap: mark adjacent VMAs as locked if they can grow into unmapped area

[Suren Baghdasaryan]

While unmapping VMAs, adjacent VMAs might be able to grow into the area
being unmapped. In such cases mark adjacent VMAs as locked to prevent
this growth.

Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 mm/mmap.c | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index b0d78bdc0de0..b31cc97c2803 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -2680,10 +2680,14 @@ detach_vmas_to_be_unmapped(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	 * VM_GROWSUP VMA. Such VMAs can change their size under
 	 * down_read(mmap_lock) and collide with the VMA we are about to unmap.
 	 */
-	if (vma && (vma->vm_flags & VM_GROWSDOWN))
+	if (vma && (vma->vm_flags & VM_GROWSDOWN)) {
+		vma_mark_locked(vma);
 		return false;
-	if (prev && (prev->vm_flags & VM_GROWSUP))
+	}
+	if (prev && (prev->vm_flags & VM_GROWSUP)) {
+		vma_mark_locked(prev);
 		return false;
+	}
 	return true;
 }
 
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