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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/configfs/dir.c | 48 |
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/fs/configfs/dir.c b/fs/configfs/dir.c index 647499a3479b..4d11479cf2c3 100644 --- a/fs/configfs/dir.c +++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c @@ -324,6 +324,8 @@ static void remove_dir(struct dentry * d) * The only thing special about this is that we remove any files in * the directory before we remove the directory, and we've inlined * what used to be configfs_rmdir() below, instead of calling separately. + * + * Caller holds the mutex of the item's inode */ static void configfs_remove_dir(struct config_item * item) @@ -612,36 +614,21 @@ static int create_default_group(struct config_group *parent_group, static int populate_groups(struct config_group *group) { struct config_group *new_group; - struct dentry *dentry = group->cg_item.ci_dentry; int ret = 0; int i; if (group->default_groups) { - /* - * FYI, we're faking mkdir here - * I'm not sure we need this semaphore, as we're called - * from our parent's mkdir. That holds our parent's - * i_mutex, so afaik lookup cannot continue through our - * parent to find us, let alone mess with our tree. - * That said, taking our i_mutex is closer to mkdir - * emulation, and shouldn't hurt. - */ - mutex_lock_nested(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_CHILD); - for (i = 0; group->default_groups[i]; i++) { new_group = group->default_groups[i]; ret = create_default_group(group, new_group); - if (ret) + if (ret) { + detach_groups(group); break; + } } - - mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex); } - if (ret) - detach_groups(group); - return ret; } @@ -756,7 +743,15 @@ static int configfs_attach_item(struct config_item *parent_item, if (!ret) { ret = populate_attrs(item); if (ret) { + /* + * We are going to remove an inode and its dentry but + * the VFS may already have hit and used them. Thus, + * we must lock them as rmdir() would. + */ + mutex_lock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex); configfs_remove_dir(item); + dentry->d_inode->i_flags |= S_DEAD; + mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex); d_delete(dentry); } } @@ -764,6 +759,7 @@ static int configfs_attach_item(struct config_item *parent_item, return ret; } +/* Caller holds the mutex of the item's inode */ static void configfs_detach_item(struct config_item *item) { detach_attrs(item); @@ -782,16 +778,30 @@ static int configfs_attach_group(struct config_item *parent_item, sd = dentry->d_fsdata; sd->s_type |= CONFIGFS_USET_DIR; + /* + * FYI, we're faking mkdir in populate_groups() + * We must lock the group's inode to avoid races with the VFS + * which can already hit the inode and try to add/remove entries + * under it. + * + * We must also lock the inode to remove it safely in case of + * error, as rmdir() would. + */ + mutex_lock_nested(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_CHILD); ret = populate_groups(to_config_group(item)); if (ret) { configfs_detach_item(item); - d_delete(dentry); + dentry->d_inode->i_flags |= S_DEAD; } + mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex); + if (ret) + d_delete(dentry); } return ret; } +/* Caller holds the mutex of the group's inode */ static void configfs_detach_group(struct config_item *item) { detach_groups(to_config_group(item)); |