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-rw-r--r--mm/oom_kill.c26
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 78747afad6b..9a643c4bf77 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -46,15 +46,25 @@
unsigned long badness(struct task_struct *p, unsigned long uptime)
{
unsigned long points, cpu_time, run_time, s;
- struct list_head *tsk;
+ struct mm_struct *mm;
+ struct task_struct *child;
- if (!p->mm)
+ task_lock(p);
+ mm = p->mm;
+ if (!mm) {
+ task_unlock(p);
return 0;
+ }
/*
* The memory size of the process is the basis for the badness.
*/
- points = p->mm->total_vm;
+ points = mm->total_vm;
+
+ /*
+ * After this unlock we can no longer dereference local variable `mm'
+ */
+ task_unlock(p);
/*
* Processes which fork a lot of child processes are likely
@@ -64,11 +74,11 @@ unsigned long badness(struct task_struct *p, unsigned long uptime)
* child is eating the vast majority of memory, adding only half
* to the parents will make the child our kill candidate of choice.
*/
- list_for_each(tsk, &p->children) {
- struct task_struct *chld;
- chld = list_entry(tsk, struct task_struct, sibling);
- if (chld->mm != p->mm && chld->mm)
- points += chld->mm->total_vm/2 + 1;
+ list_for_each_entry(child, &p->children, sibling) {
+ task_lock(child);
+ if (child->mm != mm && child->mm)
+ points += child->mm->total_vm/2 + 1;
+ task_unlock(child);
}
/*