On Thu, May 25, 2023 at 1:17 PM Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Currently lock_two_nondirectories() is skipping any passed directories.
> After vfs_rename() uses lock_two_inodes(), all the remaining four users
> of this function pass only regular files to it. So drop the somewhat
> unusual "skip directory" logic and instead warn if anybody passes
> directory to it. This also allows us to use lock_two_inodes() in
> lock_two_nondirectories() to concentrate the lock ordering logic in less
> places.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/inode.c | 12 ++++--------
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
> index 2015fa50d34a..accf5125a049 100644
> --- a/fs/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/inode.c
> @@ -1140,7 +1140,7 @@ void lock_two_inodes(struct inode *inode1, struct inode *inode2,
> /**
> * lock_two_nondirectories - take two i_mutexes on non-directory objects
> *
> - * Lock any non-NULL argument that is not a directory.
> + * Lock any non-NULL argument. Passed objects must not be directories.
> * Zero, one or two objects may be locked by this function.
> *
> * @inode1: first inode to lock
> @@ -1148,13 +1148,9 @@ void lock_two_inodes(struct inode *inode1, struct inode *inode2,
> */
> void lock_two_nondirectories(struct inode *inode1, struct inode *inode2)
> {
> - if (inode1 > inode2)
> - swap(inode1, inode2);
> -
> - if (inode1 && !S_ISDIR(inode1->i_mode))
> - inode_lock(inode1);
> - if (inode2 && !S_ISDIR(inode2->i_mode) && inode2 != inode1)
> - inode_lock_nested(inode2, I_MUTEX_NONDIR2);
> + WARN_ON_ONCE(S_ISDIR(inode1->i_mode));
> + WARN_ON_ONCE(S_ISDIR(inode2->i_mode));
> + lock_two_inodes(inode1, inode2, I_MUTEX_NORMAL, I_MUTEX_NONDIR2);
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(lock_two_nondirectories);
>
Need the same treatment to unlock_two_nondirectories() because now if
someone does pass a directory they will get a warning but also a leaked lock.
Thanks,
Amir.
