The 'commit e9a7c2f1a548 ("autofs4: coding style fixes")' removed the check done on the __vfs_write()'s returned value in autofs4_write(). This may lead to a spinning process which can't catch any signal. Call stack showed in xmon could be : [c0000003a76c7500] c00000000030df74 __vfs_write+0x134/0x1c0 (unreliable) [c0000003a76c75a0] d0000000052a35d4 autofs4_notify_daemon+0x174/0x3f0 [autofs4] [c0000003a76c7780] d0000000052a3fa0 autofs4_wait+0x750/0xa10 [autofs4] [c0000003a76c78b0] d0000000052a24d8 autofs4_mount_wait+0x78/0x140 [autofs4] [c0000003a76c7930] d0000000052a2f48 autofs4_d_automount+0x1d8/0x370 [autofs4] [c0000003a76c79c0] c0000000003221e4 follow_managed+0x204/0x3a0 [c0000003a76c7a20] c000000000322c10 lookup_fast+0x220/0x420 [c0000003a76c7a90] c00000000032324c walk_component+0x5c/0x3e0 [c0000003a76c7b00] c000000000323794 link_path_walk+0x1c4/0x5f0 [c0000003a76c7b90] c000000000324b00 path_openat+0xf0/0x1620 [c0000003a76c7c90] c000000000327f6c do_filp_open+0xfc/0x170 [c0000003a76c7dc0] c00000000030d06c do_sys_open+0x1bc/0x2e0 [c0000003a76c7e30] c000000000009260 system_call+0x38/0x108 --- Exception: c01 (System Call) at 00003fffa38a0988 Cc: Ian Kent <raven@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: autofs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Reviewed-by: Greg Kurz <groug@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Laurent Dufour <ldufour@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fixes: e9a7c2f1a548 ("autofs4: coding style fixes") --- fs/autofs4/waitq.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/autofs4/waitq.c b/fs/autofs4/waitq.c index 0146d911f468..106d94139281 100644 --- a/fs/autofs4/waitq.c +++ b/fs/autofs4/waitq.c @@ -66,11 +66,12 @@ static int autofs4_write(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi, set_fs(KERNEL_DS); mutex_lock(&sbi->pipe_mutex); - wr = __vfs_write(file, data, bytes, &file->f_pos); - while (bytes && wr) { + while (bytes) { + wr = __vfs_write(file, data, bytes, &file->f_pos); + if (wr < 0) + break; data += wr; bytes -= wr; - wr = __vfs_write(file, data, bytes, &file->f_pos); } mutex_unlock(&sbi->pipe_mutex); -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe autofs" in