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diff --git a/pkg/sentry/kernel/pipe/pipe_unsafe.go b/pkg/sentry/kernel/pipe/pipe_unsafe.go
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+// Copyright 2019 The gVisor Authors.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package pipe
+
+import (
+	"unsafe"
+)
+
+// lockTwoPipes locks both x.mu and y.mu in an order that is guaranteed to be
+// consistent for both lockTwoPipes(x, y) and lockTwoPipes(y, x), such that
+// concurrent calls cannot deadlock.
+//
+// Preconditions: x != y.
+func lockTwoPipes(x, y *Pipe) {
+	// Lock the two pipes in order of increasing address.
+	if uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(x)) < uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(y)) {
+		x.mu.Lock()
+		y.mu.Lock()
+	} else {
+		y.mu.Lock()
+		x.mu.Lock()
+	}
+}