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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2014-06-25 22:40:43 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2014-06-25 22:40:43 -0700
commit9b8d90b963dcc6d3f3f6a616b3547ea1c8b03525 (patch)
treebca8230897630ca6721bdd7b959142984afa256a /include/linux/fs.h
parent644a918d20336a7deaa81f675c3c2f25bf3dafbb (diff)
parentd7933ab727ed035bdf420d7381b831ba959cecc5 (diff)
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Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net
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diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 338e6f7..e11d60c 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1921,6 +1921,12 @@ static inline int break_lease(struct inode *inode, unsigned int mode)
static inline int break_deleg(struct inode *inode, unsigned int mode)
{
+ /*
+ * Since this check is lockless, we must ensure that any refcounts
+ * taken are done before checking inode->i_flock. Otherwise, we could
+ * end up racing with tasks trying to set a new lease on this file.
+ */
+ smp_mb();
if (inode->i_flock)
return __break_lease(inode, mode, FL_DELEG);
return 0;
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