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authorAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2012-01-03 21:01:29 -0500
committerAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2012-01-03 22:53:10 -0500
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vfs: fix the rest of sget() races
unfortunately, just checking MS_BORN after having grabbed ->s_umount in sget() is not enough; places that pick superblock from a list and grab s_umount shared need the same check in addition to checking for ->s_root; otherwise three-way race between failing mount, sget() and such list-walker can leave us with list-walker coming *second*, when temporary active ref grabbed by sget() (to be dropped when sget() notices that original mount has failed by checking MS_BORN) has lead to deactivate_locked_super() from failing ->mount() *not* doing ->kill_sb() and just releasing ->s_umount. Once sget() gets through and notices that MS_BORN had never been set it will drop the active ref and fs will be shut down and kicked out of all lists, but it's too late for something like sync_supers(). Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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