[PATCH -next 1/1] mm/rmap: Fix comment in anon_vma_clone

From: Wupeng Ma
Date: Thu Oct 13 2022 - 21:14:41 EST


From: Ma Wupeng <mawupeng1@xxxxxxxxxx>

Commit 2555283eb40d ("mm/rmap: Fix anon_vma->degree ambiguity leading to
double-reuse") use num_children and num_active_vmas to replace the origin
degree to fix anon_vma UAF problem. Update the comment in anon_vma_clone
to fit this change.

Signed-off-by: Ma Wupeng <mawupeng1@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/rmap.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index 2ec925e5fa6a..92ed6fe3d038 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -315,8 +315,8 @@ int anon_vma_clone(struct vm_area_struct *dst, struct vm_area_struct *src)

enomem_failure:
/*
- * dst->anon_vma is dropped here otherwise its degree can be incorrectly
- * decremented in unlink_anon_vmas().
+ * dst->anon_vma is dropped here otherwise its num_active_vmas can
+ * be incorrectly decremented in unlink_anon_vmas().
* We can safely do this because callers of anon_vma_clone() don't care
* about dst->anon_vma if anon_vma_clone() failed.
*/
--
2.25.1