On Sun, 2006-06-18 at 19:23 +0100, Al Viro wrote: > a) nfsd_rename() should check that tfhp->fh_export->ex_mnt == > ffhp->fh_export->ex_mnt (if not that tfhp->fh_export == ffhp->fh_export) > instead of comparing ->i_sb > b) that patch should do mnt_want_write() only once. Here's a replacement. diff -puN fs/nfsd/vfs.c~C-elevate-writers-vfs_rename-part1 fs/nfsd/vfs.c --- lxc/fs/nfsd/vfs.c~C-elevate-writers-vfs_rename-part1 2006-06-19 08:43:10.000000000 -0700 +++ lxc-dave/fs/nfsd/vfs.c 2006-06-19 10:09:19.000000000 -0700 @@ -1597,13 +1597,21 @@ nfsd_rename(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, stru err = -EPERM; } else #endif + err = -EXDEV + if (ffhp->fh_export->ex_mnt != tfhp->fh_export->ex_mnt) + goto out_dput_new; + + err = mnt_want_write(ffhp->fh_export->ex_mnt); + if (err) + goto out_dput_new; + err = vfs_rename(fdir, odentry, tdir, ndentry); if (!err && EX_ISSYNC(tfhp->fh_export)) { err = nfsd_sync_dir(tdentry); if (!err) err = nfsd_sync_dir(fdentry); } - + mnt_drop_write(ffhp->fh_export->ex_mnt); out_dput_new: dput(ndentry); out_dput_old: -- Dave - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html