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-rw-r--r--ipc/shm.c10
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/ipc/shm.c b/ipc/shm.c
index a95dae447707..b3e8a58e177d 100644
--- a/ipc/shm.c
+++ b/ipc/shm.c
@@ -418,15 +418,17 @@ static int shm_try_destroy_orphaned(int id, void *p, void *data)
* We want to destroy segments without users and with already
* exit'ed originating process.
*
- * As shp->* are changed under rwsem, it's safe to skip shp locking.
+ * shm_nattch can be changed under shm_perm.lock without holding the
+ * rwsem, so take the object lock before checking shm_may_destroy().
*/
if (!list_empty(&shp->shm_clist))
return 0;
- if (shm_may_destroy(shp)) {
- shm_lock_by_ptr(shp);
+ shm_lock_by_ptr(shp);
+ if (shm_may_destroy(shp))
shm_destroy(ns, shp);
- }
+ else
+ shm_unlock(shp);
return 0;
}