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-rw-r--r--fs/aio.c15
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 6e267553604c..f4a27af6c9ac 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -307,16 +307,25 @@ static int aio_setup_ring(struct kioctx *ctx)
aio_free_ring(ctx);
return -EAGAIN;
}
- up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
-
- mm_populate(ctx->mmap_base, populate);
pr_debug("mmap address: 0x%08lx\n", ctx->mmap_base);
+
+ /* We must do this while still holding mmap_sem for write, as we
+ * need to be protected against userspace attempting to mremap()
+ * or munmap() the ring buffer.
+ */
ctx->nr_pages = get_user_pages(current, mm, ctx->mmap_base, nr_pages,
1, 0, ctx->ring_pages, NULL);
+
+ /* Dropping the reference here is safe as the page cache will hold
+ * onto the pages for us. It is also required so that page migration
+ * can unmap the pages and get the right reference count.
+ */
for (i = 0; i < ctx->nr_pages; i++)
put_page(ctx->ring_pages[i]);
+ up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+
if (unlikely(ctx->nr_pages != nr_pages)) {
aio_free_ring(ctx);
return -EAGAIN;
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