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    mm: introduce arg_lock to protect arg_start|end and env_start|end in mm_struct · 88aa7cc6
    Yang Shi authored
    mmap_sem is on the hot path of kernel, and it very contended, but it is
    abused too.  It is used to protect arg_start|end and evn_start|end when
    reading /proc/$PID/cmdline and /proc/$PID/environ, but it doesn't make
    sense since those proc files just expect to read 4 values atomically and
    not related to VM, they could be set to arbitrary values by C/R.
    
    And, the mmap_sem contention may cause unexpected issue like below:
    
    INFO: task ps:14018 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
           Tainted: G            E 4.9.79-009.ali3000.alios7.x86_64 #1
     "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this
    message.
     ps              D    0 14018      1 0x00000004
     Call Trace:
       schedule+0x36/0x80
       rwsem_down_read_failed+0xf0/0x150
       call_rwsem_down_read_failed+0x18/0x30
       down_read+0x20/0x40
       proc_pid_cmdline_read+0xd9/0x4e0
       __vfs_read+0x37/0x150
       vfs_read+0x96/0x130
       SyS_read+0x55/0xc0
       entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x...
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