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authorOlof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>2012-02-10 12:40:34 -0800
committerOlof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>2012-02-10 12:40:34 -0800
commit082f53c2f573c75a8f1610c587a43b6817e20f90 (patch)
treec3ad3a58967e7f7f61ff12ff59284dba1e76d093 /mm/process_vm_access.c
parente69128b947da0a2474447868f73c76311e2baedb (diff)
parentb024e33682c8e56cc8e869245dabd1b91ffe00ea (diff)
Merge branch 'for-arm-soc' of git://sources.calxeda.com/kernel/linux into next/soc
* 'for-arm-soc' of git://sources.calxeda.com/kernel/linux: (247 commits) ARM: highbank: remove unused memory.h ARM: highbank: enable sp804 based sched_clock ARM: timer-sp: add sched_clock support Linux 3.3-rc3 pcmcia: fix socket refcount decrementing on each resume mm: fix UP THP spin_is_locked BUGs drivers/leds/leds-lm3530.c: fix setting pltfm->als_vmax mm: compaction: check for overlapping nodes during isolation for migration nilfs2: avoid overflowing segment numbers in nilfs_ioctl_clean_segments() ASoC: wm8994: Disable line output discharge prior to ramping VMID ASoC: wm8994: Fix typo in VMID ramp setting ALSA: oxygen, virtuoso: fix exchanged L/R volumes of aux and CD inputs ALSA: usb-audio: add Edirol UM-3G support checkpatch: Warn on code with 6+ tab indentation ACPI: remove duplicated lines of merging problems with acpi_processor_add ALSA: hda - add support for Uniwill ECS M31EI notebook HID: wiimote: fix invalid power_supply_powers call ALSA: hda - Fix error handling in patch_ca0132.c target: Fix unsupported WRITE_SAME sense payload iscsi: use IP_FREEBIND socket option ...
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/process_vm_access.c')
-rw-r--r--mm/process_vm_access.c23
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/mm/process_vm_access.c b/mm/process_vm_access.c
index e920aa3ce10..c20ff48994c 100644
--- a/mm/process_vm_access.c
+++ b/mm/process_vm_access.c
@@ -298,23 +298,18 @@ static ssize_t process_vm_rw_core(pid_t pid, const struct iovec *lvec,
goto free_proc_pages;
}
- task_lock(task);
- if (__ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH)) {
- task_unlock(task);
- rc = -EPERM;
- goto put_task_struct;
- }
- mm = task->mm;
-
- if (!mm || (task->flags & PF_KTHREAD)) {
- task_unlock(task);
- rc = -EINVAL;
+ mm = mm_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH);
+ if (!mm || IS_ERR(mm)) {
+ rc = IS_ERR(mm) ? PTR_ERR(mm) : -ESRCH;
+ /*
+ * Explicitly map EACCES to EPERM as EPERM is a more a
+ * appropriate error code for process_vw_readv/writev
+ */
+ if (rc == -EACCES)
+ rc = -EPERM;
goto put_task_struct;
}
- atomic_inc(&mm->mm_users);
- task_unlock(task);
-
for (i = 0; i < riovcnt && iov_l_curr_idx < liovcnt; i++) {
rc = process_vm_rw_single_vec(
(unsigned long)rvec[i].iov_base, rvec[i].iov_len,