When fsnotify_add_mark_locked() fails it cleans up the mark it was adding. Since the mark is already visible in group's list, we should protect update of mark->flags with mark->lock. I'm not aware of any real issues this could cause (since we also hold group->mark_mutex) but better be safe and obey locking rules properly. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> --- fs/notify/mark.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/notify/mark.c b/fs/notify/mark.c index 9991f8826734..47a827975b58 100644 --- a/fs/notify/mark.c +++ b/fs/notify/mark.c @@ -599,9 +599,11 @@ int fsnotify_add_mark_locked(struct fsnotify_mark *mark, struct inode *inode, return ret; err: + spin_lock(&mark->lock); mark->flags &= ~(FSNOTIFY_MARK_FLAG_ALIVE | FSNOTIFY_MARK_FLAG_ATTACHED); list_del_init(&mark->g_list); + spin_unlock(&mark->lock); atomic_dec(&group->num_marks); fsnotify_put_mark(mark); -- 2.12.3
