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authordg <dg@FreeBSD.org>1996-06-12 03:37:57 +0000
committerdg <dg@FreeBSD.org>1996-06-12 03:37:57 +0000
commit5026fc1c3662189cacaad4f0eb1fc0222ec8def1 (patch)
tree0244ce546b0fc6e415af50b64cc8c473ae6be049 /sys/ufs/lfs/lfs_alloc.c
parent6e349b6b4756260c2efd6d1e925c366e50db77d0 (diff)
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Moved the fsnode MALLOC to before the call to getnewvnode() so that the
process won't possibly block before filling in the fsnode pointer (v_data) which might be dereferenced during a sync since the vnode is put on the mnt_vnodelist by getnewvnode. Pointed out by Matt Day <mday@artisoft.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'sys/ufs/lfs/lfs_alloc.c')
-rw-r--r--sys/ufs/lfs/lfs_alloc.c11
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sys/ufs/lfs/lfs_alloc.c b/sys/ufs/lfs/lfs_alloc.c
index 8d4e044..43b99f7 100644
--- a/sys/ufs/lfs/lfs_alloc.c
+++ b/sys/ufs/lfs/lfs_alloc.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
* SUCH DAMAGE.
*
* @(#)lfs_alloc.c 8.4 (Berkeley) 1/4/94
- * $Id: lfs_alloc.c,v 1.9 1995/12/07 12:47:55 davidg Exp $
+ * $Id: lfs_alloc.c,v 1.10 1996/01/05 18:31:51 wollman Exp $
*/
#include "opt_quota.h"
@@ -166,9 +166,17 @@ lfs_vcreate(mp, ino, vpp)
struct ufsmount *ump;
int error, i;
+ /*
+ * Do the MALLOC before the getnewvnode since doing so afterward
+ * might cause a bogus v_data pointer to get dereferenced
+ * elsewhere if MALLOC should block.
+ */
+ MALLOC(ip, struct inode *, sizeof(struct inode), M_LFSNODE, M_WAITOK);
+
/* Create the vnode. */
if (error = getnewvnode(VT_LFS, mp, lfs_vnodeop_p, vpp)) {
*vpp = NULL;
+ FREE(ip, M_LFSNODE);
return (error);
}
@@ -176,7 +184,6 @@ lfs_vcreate(mp, ino, vpp)
ump = VFSTOUFS(mp);
/* Initialize the inode. */
- MALLOC(ip, struct inode *, sizeof(struct inode), M_LFSNODE, M_WAITOK);
(*vpp)->v_data = ip;
ip->i_vnode = *vpp;
ip->i_devvp = ump->um_devvp;
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