tree 7a237e6266f4801385e1226cc497b47e3a2458bd
parent 8f4e2101fd7df9031a754eedb82e2060b51f8c45
author Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> 1130634987 -0700
committer Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> 1130647240 -0700

[PATCH] mm: pte_offset_map_lock loops

Convert those common loops using page_table_lock on the outside and
pte_offset_map within to use just pte_offset_map_lock within instead.

These all hold mmap_sem (some exclusively, some not), so at no level can a
page table be whipped away from beneath them.  But whereas pte_alloc loops
tested with the "atomic" pmd_present, these loops are testing with pmd_none,
which on i386 PAE tests both lower and upper halves.

That's now unsafe, so add a cast into pmd_none to test only the vital lower
half: we lose a little sensitivity to a corrupt middle directory, but not
enough to worry about.  It appears that i386 and UML were the only
architectures vulnerable in this way, and pgd and pud no problem.

Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>