[PATCH] namespace.c: fix expiring of detached mount

This patch fixes a bug noticed by Al Viro:

   However, we still have a problem here - just what would
   happen if vfsmount is detached while we were grabbing namespace
   semaphore?  Refcount alone is not useful here - we might be held by
   whoever had detached the vfsmount.  IOW, we should check that it's
   still attached (i.e. that mnt->mnt_parent != mnt).  If it's not -
   just leave it alone, do mntput() and let whoever holds it deal with
   the sucker.  No need to put it back on lists.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
Cc: <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk>
Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index d82cf18..2b4635e 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -830,6 +830,15 @@ static void expire_mount(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct list_head *mounts)
 	spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
 
 	/*
+	 * Check if mount is still attached, if not, let whoever holds it deal
+	 * with the sucker
+	 */
+	if (mnt->mnt_parent == mnt) {
+		spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/*
 	 * Check that it is still dead: the count should now be 2 - as
 	 * contributed by the vfsmount parent and the mntget above
 	 */