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-rw-r--r--fs/notify/mark.c34
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/fs/notify/mark.c b/fs/notify/mark.c
index 92e48c7..3e594ce4 100644
--- a/fs/notify/mark.c
+++ b/fs/notify/mark.c
@@ -152,31 +152,15 @@ void fsnotify_destroy_mark_locked(struct fsnotify_mark *mark,
BUG();
list_del_init(&mark->g_list);
-
spin_unlock(&mark->lock);
if (inode && (mark->flags & FSNOTIFY_MARK_FLAG_OBJECT_PINNED))
iput(inode);
- /* release lock temporarily */
- mutex_unlock(&group->mark_mutex);
spin_lock(&destroy_lock);
list_add(&mark->g_list, &destroy_list);
spin_unlock(&destroy_lock);
wake_up(&destroy_waitq);
- /*
- * We don't necessarily have a ref on mark from caller so the above destroy
- * may have actually freed it, unless this group provides a 'freeing_mark'
- * function which must be holding a reference.
- */
-
- /*
- * Some groups like to know that marks are being freed. This is a
- * callback to the group function to let it know that this mark
- * is being freed.
- */
- if (group->ops->freeing_mark)
- group->ops->freeing_mark(mark, group);
/*
* __fsnotify_update_child_dentry_flags(inode);
@@ -191,8 +175,6 @@ void fsnotify_destroy_mark_locked(struct fsnotify_mark *mark,
*/
atomic_dec(&group->num_marks);
-
- mutex_lock_nested(&group->mark_mutex, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
}
void fsnotify_destroy_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark,
@@ -205,7 +187,10 @@ void fsnotify_destroy_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark,
/*
* Destroy all marks in the given list. The marks must be already detached from
- * the original inode / vfsmount.
+ * the original inode / vfsmount. Note that we can race with
+ * fsnotify_clear_marks_by_group_flags(). However we hold a reference to each
+ * mark so they won't get freed from under us and nobody else touches our
+ * free_list list_head.
*/
void fsnotify_destroy_marks(struct list_head *to_free)
{
@@ -406,7 +391,7 @@ struct fsnotify_mark *fsnotify_find_mark(struct hlist_head *head,
}
/*
- * clear any marks in a group in which mark->flags & flags is true
+ * Clear any marks in a group in which mark->flags & flags is true.
*/
void fsnotify_clear_marks_by_group_flags(struct fsnotify_group *group,
unsigned int flags)
@@ -460,6 +445,7 @@ static int fsnotify_mark_destroy(void *ignored)
{
struct fsnotify_mark *mark, *next;
struct list_head private_destroy_list;
+ struct fsnotify_group *group;
for (;;) {
spin_lock(&destroy_lock);
@@ -471,6 +457,14 @@ static int fsnotify_mark_destroy(void *ignored)
list_for_each_entry_safe(mark, next, &private_destroy_list, g_list) {
list_del_init(&mark->g_list);
+ group = mark->group;
+ /*
+ * Some groups like to know that marks are being freed.
+ * This is a callback to the group function to let it
+ * know that this mark is being freed.
+ */
+ if (group && group->ops->freeing_mark)
+ group->ops->freeing_mark(mark, group);
fsnotify_put_mark(mark);
}
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