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authorArnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>2012-02-27 12:58:59 +0000
committerArnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>2012-02-27 12:59:03 +0000
commitd0cdd82c6e0944df733b28f5d4cbbe97298587e4 (patch)
tree9de205625a4657fedbfae52c65ea017beb7509a8 /mm/process_vm_access.c
parent747303a383d59a4d4667152fb68293dd9ff06438 (diff)
parent9418ba306688c0b77a8548b3281ba3d130036516 (diff)
Merge branch 'imx-fixes' of git://git.pengutronix.de/git/imx/linux-2.6 into next/fixes-non-critical
* 'imx-fixes' of git://git.pengutronix.de/git/imx/linux-2.6: (247 commits) ARM: mach-imx: mx3: Fix section mismatch in imx3_init_l2x0() ARM: imx_v4_v5_defconfig: Fix the selection of 32 bit flash support for iMX21ADS board ARM: mach-pcm038: Fix field name of regulator_consumer_supply struct Also includes an update to v3.3-rc3 Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/process_vm_access.c')
-rw-r--r--mm/process_vm_access.c23
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/mm/process_vm_access.c b/mm/process_vm_access.c
index e920aa3ce10..c20ff48994c 100644
--- a/mm/process_vm_access.c
+++ b/mm/process_vm_access.c
@@ -298,23 +298,18 @@ static ssize_t process_vm_rw_core(pid_t pid, const struct iovec *lvec,
goto free_proc_pages;
}
- task_lock(task);
- if (__ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH)) {
- task_unlock(task);
- rc = -EPERM;
- goto put_task_struct;
- }
- mm = task->mm;
-
- if (!mm || (task->flags & PF_KTHREAD)) {
- task_unlock(task);
- rc = -EINVAL;
+ mm = mm_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH);
+ if (!mm || IS_ERR(mm)) {
+ rc = IS_ERR(mm) ? PTR_ERR(mm) : -ESRCH;
+ /*
+ * Explicitly map EACCES to EPERM as EPERM is a more a
+ * appropriate error code for process_vw_readv/writev
+ */
+ if (rc == -EACCES)
+ rc = -EPERM;
goto put_task_struct;
}
- atomic_inc(&mm->mm_users);
- task_unlock(task);
-
for (i = 0; i < riovcnt && iov_l_curr_idx < liovcnt; i++) {
rc = process_vm_rw_single_vec(
(unsigned long)rvec[i].iov_base, rvec[i].iov_len,