1 files changed, 38 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 92daa267baf2..f0728ae74672 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -607,24 +607,39 @@ check_range(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
 	return first;
 }
 
-/* Apply policy to a single VMA */
-static int policy_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct mempolicy *new)
+/*
+ * Apply policy to a single VMA
+ * This must be called with the mmap_sem held for writing.
+ */
+static int vma_replace_policy(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+						struct mempolicy *pol)
 {
-	int err = 0;
-	struct mempolicy *old = vma->vm_policy;
+	int err;
+	struct mempolicy *old;
+	struct mempolicy *new;
 
 	pr_debug("vma %lx-%lx/%lx vm_ops %p vm_file %p set_policy %p\n",
 		 vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end, vma->vm_pgoff,
 		 vma->vm_ops, vma->vm_file,
 		 vma->vm_ops ? vma->vm_ops->set_policy : NULL);
 
-	if (vma->vm_ops && vma->vm_ops->set_policy)
+	new = mpol_dup(pol);
+	if (IS_ERR(new))
+		return PTR_ERR(new);
+
+	if (vma->vm_ops && vma->vm_ops->set_policy) {
 		err = vma->vm_ops->set_policy(vma, new);
-	if (!err) {
-		mpol_get(new);
-		vma->vm_policy = new;
-		mpol_put(old);
+		if (err)
+			goto err_out;
 	}
+
+	old = vma->vm_policy;
+	vma->vm_policy = new; /* protected by mmap_sem */
+	mpol_put(old);
+
+	return 0;
+ err_out:
+	mpol_put(new);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -676,7 +691,7 @@ static int mbind_range(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start,
 			if (err)
 				goto out;
 		}
-		err = policy_vma(vma, new_pol);
+		err = vma_replace_policy(vma, new_pol);
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
 	}
@@ -2153,15 +2168,24 @@ static void sp_delete(struct shared_policy *sp, struct sp_node *n)
 static struct sp_node *sp_alloc(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
 				struct mempolicy *pol)
 {
-	struct sp_node *n = kmem_cache_alloc(sn_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
+	struct sp_node *n;
+	struct mempolicy *newpol;
 
+	n = kmem_cache_alloc(sn_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!n)
 		return NULL;
+
+	newpol = mpol_dup(pol);
+	if (IS_ERR(newpol)) {
+		kmem_cache_free(sn_cache, n);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	newpol->flags |= MPOL_F_SHARED;
+
 	n->start = start;
 	n->end = end;
-	mpol_get(pol);
-	pol->flags |= MPOL_F_SHARED;	/* for unref */
-	n->policy = pol;
+	n->policy = newpol;
+
 	return n;
 }