When mnt_want_write() starts to handle freezing it will get a full lock semantics requiring proper lock ordering. So push mnt_want_write() call outside of i_mutex as in other places. CC: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> --- fs/fat/file.c | 15 +++++++-------- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/fat/file.c b/fs/fat/file.c index a71fe37..e007b8b 100644 --- a/fs/fat/file.c +++ b/fs/fat/file.c @@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ static int fat_ioctl_set_attributes(struct file *file, u32 __user *user_attr) if (err) goto out; - mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex); err = mnt_want_write_file(file); if (err) - goto out_unlock_inode; + goto out; + mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex); /* * ATTR_VOLUME and ATTR_DIR cannot be changed; this also @@ -73,14 +73,14 @@ static int fat_ioctl_set_attributes(struct file *file, u32 __user *user_attr) /* The root directory has no attributes */ if (inode->i_ino == MSDOS_ROOT_INO && attr != ATTR_DIR) { err = -EINVAL; - goto out_drop_write; + goto out_unlock_inode; } if (sbi->options.sys_immutable && ((attr | oldattr) & ATTR_SYS) && !capable(CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE)) { err = -EPERM; - goto out_drop_write; + goto out_unlock_inode; } /* @@ -90,12 +90,12 @@ static int fat_ioctl_set_attributes(struct file *file, u32 __user *user_attr) */ err = security_inode_setattr(file->f_path.dentry, &ia); if (err) - goto out_drop_write; + goto out_unlock_inode; /* This MUST be done before doing anything irreversible... */ err = fat_setattr(file->f_path.dentry, &ia); if (err) - goto out_drop_write; + goto out_unlock_inode; fsnotify_change(file->f_path.dentry, ia.ia_valid); if (sbi->options.sys_immutable) { @@ -107,10 +107,9 @@ static int fat_ioctl_set_attributes(struct file *file, u32 __user *user_attr) fat_save_attrs(inode, attr); mark_inode_dirty(inode); -out_drop_write: - mnt_drop_write_file(file); out_unlock_inode: mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex); + mnt_drop_write_file(file); out: return err; } -- 1.7.1 -- 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