On Mon, 2012-07-23 at 12:36 +0900, sf...@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
> Ben Hutchings:
> > security_mmap_addr() is called with mmap_sem held, but anyway we don't
> > need to call it from aufs...
> 
> security_mmap_addr() is called with mmap_sem held??
> Which source file are you reading?

do_mmap_pgoff() /* The caller must hold down_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem) */
-> get_unmapped_area() -> security_mmap_addr()

sys_brk()
-> down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
-> do_brk() -> get_unmapped_area() -> security_mmap_addr()

__get_user_pages() /* Must be called with mmap_sem held for read or write */
-> find_extend_vma() -> expand_stack() -> expand_downwards() -> 
security_mmap_addr()

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
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