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authorArnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>2012-02-22 14:20:07 +0000
committerArnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>2012-02-22 14:20:18 +0000
commit2daa79ec2126f8e710391e9d8e8f0d31d7c91d5f (patch)
treeab89c74c09c2986fa01c25ad8e45989a48a18899 /kernel/fork.c
parent7dae8c5209147ad06d424928a5f1ec45caa87691 (diff)
parent678a0222edc9da43a22145d68647500ee85e6c04 (diff)
Merge branch 'lpc32xx/drivers' into next/drivers
* lpc32xx/drivers: (566 commits) ARM: LPC32xx: ADC support for mach-lpc32xx Includes an update to Linux 3.3-rc4 Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/fork.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/fork.c22
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 051f090d40c..b77fd559c78 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -647,6 +647,26 @@ struct mm_struct *get_task_mm(struct task_struct *task)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_task_mm);
+struct mm_struct *mm_access(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int mode)
+{
+ struct mm_struct *mm;
+ int err;
+
+ err = mutex_lock_killable(&task->signal->cred_guard_mutex);
+ if (err)
+ return ERR_PTR(err);
+
+ mm = get_task_mm(task);
+ if (mm && mm != current->mm &&
+ !ptrace_may_access(task, mode)) {
+ mmput(mm);
+ mm = ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
+ }
+ mutex_unlock(&task->signal->cred_guard_mutex);
+
+ return mm;
+}
+
/* Please note the differences between mmput and mm_release.
* mmput is called whenever we stop holding onto a mm_struct,
* error success whatever.
@@ -890,7 +910,7 @@ static int copy_io(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *tsk)
return -ENOMEM;
new_ioc->ioprio = ioc->ioprio;
- put_io_context(new_ioc, NULL);
+ put_io_context(new_ioc);
}
#endif
return 0;