[PATCH 2.6] proc_check_dir-locking-fix

[Maneesh Soni <maneesh@in.ibm.com>]

Please have a look at the following patch fixing locking in proc_check_root().
It brings is_subdir() call under vfsmount_lock. Holding vfsmount_lock will 
ensure mnt_mountpoint dentry is intact and the dentry does not go away while 
it is being checked in is_subdir(). 

 fs/proc/base.c |    7 +++----
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff -puN fs/proc/base.c~proc_check_root-fix-locking fs/proc/base.c
--- linux-2.6.2-rc2/fs/proc/base.c~proc_check_root-fix-locking	2004-01-27 22:28:07.000000000 +0530
+++ linux-2.6.2-rc2-maneesh/fs/proc/base.c	2004-01-27 22:28:07.000000000 +0530
@@ -425,17 +425,15 @@ static int proc_check_root(struct inode 
 	mnt = vfsmnt;
 
 	while (vfsmnt != our_vfsmnt) {
-		if (vfsmnt == vfsmnt->mnt_parent) {
-			spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
+		if (vfsmnt == vfsmnt->mnt_parent)
 			goto out;
-		}
 		de = vfsmnt->mnt_mountpoint;
 		vfsmnt = vfsmnt->mnt_parent;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
 
 	if (!is_subdir(de, base))
 		goto out;
+	spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
 
 exit:
 	dput(base);
@@ -444,6 +442,7 @@ exit:
 	mntput(mnt);
 	return res;
 out:
+	spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
 	res = -EACCES;
 	goto exit;
 }

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Maneesh Soni
Linux Technology Center, 
IBM Software Lab, Bangalore, India
email: maneesh@in.ibm.com
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