mm: check for no mmaps in exit_mmap()
authorJohannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Tue, 6 Jan 2009 22:40:31 +0000 (14:40 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 6 Jan 2009 23:59:10 +0000 (15:59 -0800)
commitdcd4a049b9751828c516c59709f3fdf50436df85
tree126fe11368da94f0c2e11ed586a870fa1b02f0a6
parent084f71ae5ceeb16734d8ac47559d3c718456a865
mm: check for no mmaps in exit_mmap()

When dup_mmap() ooms we can end up with mm->mmap == NULL.  The error
path does mmput() and unmap_vmas() gets a NULL vma which it
dereferences.

In exit_mmap() there is nothing to do at all for this case, we can
cancel the callpath right there.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: add sorely-needed comment]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Reported-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com>
Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
mm/mmap.c