From 76398425bb06b07cc3a3b1ce169c67dc9d6874ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonathan Corbet Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2009 14:26:59 -0700 Subject: Move FASYNC bit handling to f_op->fasync() Removing the BKL from FASYNC handling ran into the challenge of keeping the setting of the FASYNC bit in filp->f_flags atomic with regard to calls to the underlying fasync() function. Andi Kleen suggested moving the handling of that bit into fasync(); this patch does exactly that. As a result, we have a couple of internal API changes: fasync() must now manage the FASYNC bit, and it will be called without the BKL held. As it happens, every fasync() implementation in the kernel with one exception calls fasync_helper(). So, if we make fasync_helper() set the FASYNC bit, we can avoid making any changes to the other fasync() functions - as long as those functions, themselves, have proper locking. Most fasync() implementations do nothing but call fasync_helper() - which has its own lock - so they are easily verified as correct. The BKL had already been pushed down into the rest. The networking code has its own version of fasync_helper(), so that code has been augmented with explicit FASYNC bit handling. Cc: Al Viro Cc: David Miller Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet --- net/socket.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) (limited to 'net') diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c index 35dd7371752a..0f75746ab06e 100644 --- a/net/socket.c +++ b/net/socket.c @@ -1030,6 +1030,13 @@ static int sock_fasync(int fd, struct file *filp, int on) lock_sock(sk); + spin_lock(&filp->f_lock); + if (on) + filp->f_flags |= FASYNC; + else + filp->f_flags &= ~FASYNC; + spin_unlock(&filp->f_lock); + prev = &(sock->fasync_list); for (fa = *prev; fa != NULL; prev = &fa->fa_next, fa = *prev) -- cgit v1.2.3-58-ga151