Re: [shm][hugetlb] Fix get_policy for stacked shared memory files

[Andi Kleen]

> Can we just double-check the refcounting please?
> 
> > index 4fefbad..8d2672d 100644
> > --- a/ipc/shm.c
> > +++ b/ipc/shm.c
> > @@ -254,8 +254,10 @@ struct mempolicy *shm_get_policy(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr)
> >  
> >  	if (sfd->vm_ops->get_policy)
> >  		pol = sfd->vm_ops->get_policy(vma, addr);
> 
> afacit this takes a ref on the underlying policy
> 
> > -	else
> > +	else if (vma->vm_policy)
> >  		pol = vma->vm_policy;
> > +	else
> > +		pol = current->mempolicy;
> 
> but these two do not.
> 
> >  	return pol;
> >  }
> >  #endif
> 
> Is is all correct?

No it looks broken.

-Andi
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