From 8cc07c808c9d595e81cbe5aad419b7769eb2e5c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Will Deacon Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 14:55:55 +0000 Subject: fs: dcache: Use READ_ONCE when accessing i_dir_seq i_dir_seq is subject to concurrent modification by a cmpxchg or store-release operation, so ensure that the relaxed access in d_alloc_parallel uses READ_ONCE. Reported-by: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Will Deacon Signed-off-by: Al Viro --- fs/dcache.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'fs/dcache.c') diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c index bde3b6662601..8945e6cabd93 100644 --- a/fs/dcache.c +++ b/fs/dcache.c @@ -2507,7 +2507,7 @@ retry: } hlist_bl_lock(b); - if (unlikely(parent->d_inode->i_dir_seq != seq)) { + if (unlikely(READ_ONCE(parent->d_inode->i_dir_seq) != seq)) { hlist_bl_unlock(b); rcu_read_unlock(); goto retry; -- cgit v1.2.3-58-ga151