From db1dd4d376134eba0e08af523b61cc566a4ea1cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonathan Corbet Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 15:25:24 -0700 Subject: Use f_lock to protect f_flags Traditionally, changes to struct file->f_flags have been done under BKL protection, or with no protection at all. This patch causes all f_flags changes after file open/creation time to be done under protection of f_lock. This allows the removal of some BKL usage and fixes a number of longstanding (if microscopic) races. Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig Cc: Al Viro Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet --- include/linux/fs.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'include/linux') diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index 2011600..7428c6d 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ struct file { #define f_dentry f_path.dentry #define f_vfsmnt f_path.mnt const struct file_operations *f_op; - spinlock_t f_lock; /* f_ep_links */ + spinlock_t f_lock; /* f_ep_links, f_flags */ atomic_long_t f_count; unsigned int f_flags; fmode_t f_mode; -- cgit v1.1