Convert jfs_ioctl over to not use the BKL. The only potential race I could see was with two ioctls in parallel changing the flags and losing the updates. Use the i_mutex to protect against this. Cc: shaggy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx> --- fs/jfs/file.c | 2 +- fs/jfs/ioctl.c | 13 ++++++++++--- fs/jfs/jfs_inode.h | 3 +-- fs/jfs/namei.c | 2 +- 4 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) Index: linux/fs/jfs/ioctl.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/fs/jfs/ioctl.c +++ linux/fs/jfs/ioctl.c @@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ static long jfs_map_ext2(unsigned long f } -int jfs_ioctl(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp, unsigned int cmd, - unsigned long arg) +long jfs_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg) { + struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode; struct jfs_inode_info *jfs_inode = JFS_IP(inode); unsigned int flags; @@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ int jfs_ioctl(struct inode * inode, stru /* Is it quota file? Do not allow user to mess with it */ if (IS_NOQUOTA(inode)) return -EPERM; + + /* Lock against other parallel changes of flags */ + mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex); + jfs_get_inode_flags(jfs_inode); oldflags = jfs_inode->mode2; @@ -92,8 +96,10 @@ int jfs_ioctl(struct inode * inode, stru if ((oldflags & JFS_IMMUTABLE_FL) || ((flags ^ oldflags) & (JFS_APPEND_FL | JFS_IMMUTABLE_FL))) { - if (!capable(CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE)) + if (!capable(CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE)) { + mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex); return -EPERM; + } } flags = flags & JFS_FL_USER_MODIFIABLE; @@ -101,6 +107,7 @@ int jfs_ioctl(struct inode * inode, stru jfs_inode->mode2 = flags; jfs_set_inode_flags(inode); + mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex); inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC; mark_inode_dirty(inode); return 0; Index: linux/fs/jfs/file.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/fs/jfs/file.c +++ linux/fs/jfs/file.c @@ -112,5 +112,5 @@ const struct file_operations jfs_file_op .splice_write = generic_file_splice_write, .fsync = jfs_fsync, .release = jfs_release, - .ioctl = jfs_ioctl, + .unlocked_ioctl = jfs_ioctl, }; Index: linux/fs/jfs/jfs_inode.h =================================================================== --- linux.orig/fs/jfs/jfs_inode.h +++ linux/fs/jfs/jfs_inode.h @@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ struct fid; extern struct inode *ialloc(struct inode *, umode_t); extern int jfs_fsync(struct file *, struct dentry *, int); -extern int jfs_ioctl(struct inode *, struct file *, - unsigned int, unsigned long); +extern long jfs_ioctl(struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long); extern void jfs_read_inode(struct inode *); extern int jfs_commit_inode(struct inode *, int); extern int jfs_write_inode(struct inode*, int); Index: linux/fs/jfs/namei.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/fs/jfs/namei.c +++ linux/fs/jfs/namei.c @@ -1562,7 +1562,7 @@ const struct file_operations jfs_dir_ope .read = generic_read_dir, .readdir = jfs_readdir, .fsync = jfs_fsync, - .ioctl = jfs_ioctl, + .unlocked_ioctl = jfs_ioctl, }; static int jfs_ci_hash(struct dentry *dir, struct qstr *this) - 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