[patch 09/33] holepunch: fix mmap_sem i_mutex deadlock

-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: Hugh Dickins <[email protected]>

sys_madvise has down_write of mmap_sem, then madvise_remove calls
vmtruncate_range which takes i_mutex and i_alloc_sem: no, we can
easily devise deadlocks from that ordering.

madvise_remove drop mmap_sem while calling vmtruncate_range: luckily,
since madvise_remove doesn't split or merge vmas, it's easy to handle
this case with a NULL prev, without restructuring sys_madvise.  (Though
sad to retake mmap_sem when it's unlikely to be needed, and certainly
down_read is sufficient for MADV_REMOVE, unlike the other madvices.)

Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>

---
 mm/madvise.c |   19 ++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -159,9 +159,10 @@ static long madvise_remove(struct vm_are
 				unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
 	struct address_space *mapping;
-        loff_t offset, endoff;
+	loff_t offset, endoff;
+	int error;
 
-	*prev = vma;
+	*prev = NULL;	/* tell sys_madvise we drop mmap_sem */
 
 	if (vma->vm_flags & (VM_LOCKED|VM_NONLINEAR|VM_HUGETLB))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -180,7 +181,12 @@ static long madvise_remove(struct vm_are
 			+ ((loff_t)vma->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT);
 	endoff = (loff_t)(end - vma->vm_start - 1)
 			+ ((loff_t)vma->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT);
-	return  vmtruncate_range(mapping->host, offset, endoff);
+
+	/* vmtruncate_range needs to take i_mutex and i_alloc_sem */
+	up_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+	error = vmtruncate_range(mapping->host, offset, endoff);
+	down_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+	return error;
 }
 
 static long
@@ -315,12 +321,15 @@ asmlinkage long sys_madvise(unsigned lon
 		if (error)
 			goto out;
 		start = tmp;
-		if (start < prev->vm_end)
+		if (prev && start < prev->vm_end)
 			start = prev->vm_end;
 		error = unmapped_error;
 		if (start >= end)
 			goto out;
-		vma = prev->vm_next;
+		if (prev)
+			vma = prev->vm_next;
+		else	/* madvise_remove dropped mmap_sem */
+			vma = find_vma(current->mm, start);
 	}
 out:
 	up_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);

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