On Wed, 2011-08-03 at 23:17 +0100, Al Viro wrote: > On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 12:48:39PM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote: > > @@ -696,6 +696,11 @@ vfs_kern_mount(struct file_system_type *type, int flags, const char *name, void > > mnt->mnt_sb = root->d_sb; > > mnt->mnt_mountpoint = mnt->mnt_root; > > mnt->mnt_parent = mnt; > > + > > + br_write_lock(vfsmount_lock); > > + list_add_tail(&mnt->mnt_instance, &mnt->mnt_sb->s_mounts); > > + br_write_unlock(vfsmount_lock); > > Racy. > > > @@ -745,6 +750,10 @@ static struct vfsmount *clone_mnt(struct vfsmount *old, struct dentry *root, > > if (!list_empty(&old->mnt_expire)) > > list_add(&mnt->mnt_expire, &old->mnt_expire); > > } > > + > > + br_write_lock(vfsmount_lock); > > + list_add_tail(&mnt->mnt_instance, &mnt->mnt_sb->s_mounts); > > + br_write_unlock(vfsmount_lock); > > Ditto. If you expect to be able to find *all* vfsmounts over given sb, > this locking is simply wrong. I don't understand. All accesses to mnt_instance/s_mounts are protected by vfsmount_lock. What else is needed? Thanks, Miklos -- 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