[PATCH] mmput() might sleep

exit_aio() and exit_mmap() can sleep.  But it's easy to accidentally call
mmput() from inside locks.

Cc: Dave Peterson <dsp@llnl.gov>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index ac8100e..195958a 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -368,6 +368,8 @@ void fastcall __mmdrop(struct mm_struct *mm)
  */
 void mmput(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
+       might_sleep();
+
        if (atomic_dec_and_test(&mm->mm_users)) {
                exit_aio(mm);
                exit_mmap(mm);