From: pageexec@freemail.hu Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 18:44:16 +0000 (+0200) Subject: [PATCH] small fix for not releasing the mmap semaphore in i386/arch_setup_additional_... X-Git-Tag: v2.6.18-rc1~456 X-Git-Url: http://pilppa.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=79bc79b07c9c6f8ae9290704e9e503a9327fcbb2;p=linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git [PATCH] small fix for not releasing the mmap semaphore in i386/arch_setup_additional_pages the VDSO randomization code on i386 fails to release the mmap semaphore if insert_vm_struct() fails. [ Made the conditional unlikely. -- Linus ] Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/sysenter.c b/arch/i386/kernel/sysenter.c index c60419dee01..713ba39d32c 100644 --- a/arch/i386/kernel/sysenter.c +++ b/arch/i386/kernel/sysenter.c @@ -148,8 +148,10 @@ int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm, int exstack) vma->vm_mm = mm; ret = insert_vm_struct(mm, vma); - if (ret) - goto free_vma; + if (unlikely(ret)) { + kmem_cache_free(vm_area_cachep, vma); + goto up_fail; + } current->mm->context.vdso = (void *)addr; current_thread_info()->sysenter_return = @@ -158,10 +160,6 @@ int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm, int exstack) up_fail: up_write(&mm->mmap_sem); return ret; - -free_vma: - kmem_cache_free(vm_area_cachep, vma); - return ret; } const char *arch_vma_name(struct vm_area_struct *vma)