proc: use mm_access() instead of ptrace_may_access()
authorCong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
Thu, 31 May 2012 23:26:18 +0000 (16:26 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Fri, 1 Jun 2012 00:49:29 +0000 (17:49 -0700)
mm_access() handles this much better, and avoids some race conditions.

Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
fs/proc/base.c

index cca635d252d4ed1392669e1e207d31154ec2e3e2..155dee600ed460278a93c6f0c79dba9231c2f3fc 100644 (file)
@@ -2022,11 +2022,8 @@ static int map_files_d_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
        if (!task)
                goto out_notask;
 
-       if (!ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ))
-               goto out;
-
-       mm = get_task_mm(task);
-       if (!mm)
+       mm = mm_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ);
+       if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(mm))
                goto out;
 
        if (!dname_to_vma_addr(dentry, &vm_start, &vm_end)) {