On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 03:03:28AM +0900, OGAWA Hirofumi wrote: > Hi, > > Please review this. (This originally was for #untested branch, so this is > not minimal change perfectly.) > > > > Those might be assuming that the nd->path.mnt refcnt is keeped by > filp after nameidata_to_filp(). > > It's wrong if nameidata_to_filp() returned the error. (nd->path and > filp are invalid) > > Instead to use deep knowledge of nameidata_to_filp() internal, this > thinks the nd->path is invalid after nameidata_to_filp(). So, this > just take refcnt for mnt_want/drop_write(). You might take a look at the patch I just posted: Subject: [RFC PATCH] VFS: Simplify truncate logic in do_filp_open() If that patch is correct, it will considerably simplify the second part of your patch. -VAL > > Signed-off-by: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > > fs/namei.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------ > 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) > > diff -puN fs/namei.c~nameidata_to_filp-mount-writer-fix fs/namei.c > --- linux-2.6/fs/namei.c~nameidata_to_filp-mount-writer-fix 2010-02-22 23:22:26.000000000 +0900 > +++ linux-2.6-hirofumi/fs/namei.c 2010-02-22 23:59:34.000000000 +0900 > @@ -1617,6 +1617,7 @@ struct file *do_filp_open(int dfd, const > struct path path; > struct dentry *dir; > int count = 0; > + struct vfsmount *uninitialized_var(mnt_writer); > int will_truncate; > int flag = open_to_namei_flags(open_flag); > int force_reval = 0; > @@ -1733,16 +1734,20 @@ do_last: > * a permanent write count is taken through > * the 'struct file' in nameidata_to_filp(). > */ > - error = mnt_want_write(nd.path.mnt); > + mnt_writer = nd.path.mnt; > + error = mnt_want_write(mnt_writer); > if (error) > goto exit_mutex_unlock; > error = __open_namei_create(&nd, &path, flag, mode); > if (error) { > - mnt_drop_write(nd.path.mnt); > + mnt_drop_write(mnt_writer); > goto exit; > } > + mntget(mnt_writer); > + /* nd->path is invalid after this */ > filp = nameidata_to_filp(&nd); > - mnt_drop_write(nd.path.mnt); > + mnt_drop_write(mnt_writer); > + mntput(mnt_writer); > if (nd.root.mnt) > path_put(&nd.root); > if (!IS_ERR(filp)) { > @@ -1794,16 +1799,20 @@ ok: > */ > will_truncate = open_will_truncate(flag, nd.path.dentry->d_inode); > if (will_truncate) { > - error = mnt_want_write(nd.path.mnt); > + mnt_writer = nd.path.mnt; > + error = mnt_want_write(mnt_writer); > if (error) > goto exit; > } > error = may_open(&nd.path, acc_mode, flag); > if (error) { > if (will_truncate) > - mnt_drop_write(nd.path.mnt); > + mnt_drop_write(mnt_writer); > goto exit; > } > + if (will_truncate) > + mntget(mnt_writer); > + /* nd->path is invalid after this */ > filp = nameidata_to_filp(&nd); > if (!IS_ERR(filp)) { > error = ima_file_check(filp, acc_mode); > @@ -1814,10 +1823,10 @@ ok: > } > if (!IS_ERR(filp)) { > if (acc_mode & MAY_WRITE) > - vfs_dq_init(nd.path.dentry->d_inode); > + vfs_dq_init(filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode); > > if (will_truncate) { > - error = handle_truncate(&nd.path); > + error = handle_truncate(&filp->f_path); > if (error) { > fput(filp); > filp = ERR_PTR(error); > @@ -1825,12 +1834,14 @@ ok: > } > } > /* > - * It is now safe to drop the mnt write > - * because the filp has had a write taken > - * on its behalf. > + * It is now safe to drop the mnt write because the filp has > + * had a write taken on its behalf. (NOTE: since O_TRUNC can > + * be used with O_RDONLY, this needs to cover truncate path) > */ > - if (will_truncate) > - mnt_drop_write(nd.path.mnt); > + if (will_truncate) { > + mnt_drop_write(mnt_writer); > + mntput(mnt_writer); > + } > if (nd.root.mnt) > path_put(&nd.root); > return filp; > _ > > -- > OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > -- > 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 -- 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