dquot_get_next_id() needs dqio_sem only for reading to protect against racing with modification of quota file structure. Reviewed-by: Andreas Dilger <adilger@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> --- fs/quota/dquot.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/quota/dquot.c b/fs/quota/dquot.c index 21358f31923d..8d5ccad3bf3e 100644 --- a/fs/quota/dquot.c +++ b/fs/quota/dquot.c @@ -2079,9 +2079,9 @@ int dquot_get_next_id(struct super_block *sb, struct kqid *qid) return -ESRCH; if (!dqopt->ops[qid->type]->get_next_id) return -ENOSYS; - down_write(&dqopt->dqio_sem); + down_read(&dqopt->dqio_sem); err = dqopt->ops[qid->type]->get_next_id(sb, qid); - up_write(&dqopt->dqio_sem); + up_read(&dqopt->dqio_sem); return err; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(dquot_get_next_id); -- 2.12.3