Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jeff.layton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/file_table.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ include/linux/file.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c index d63f4a399d39..1ad2e3fd2064 100644 --- a/fs/file_table.c +++ b/fs/file_table.c @@ -297,6 +297,24 @@ void fput(struct file *file) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(fput); +/** + * fput_queue - do an fput without using task_work + * @file: file of which to put the reference + * + * If we need to ensure that the final __fput is done on a file before + * returning to userland, then we can't queue it to task_work. For that we + * borrow the infrastructure used by kthreads, and the task can then just + * called flush_delayed_fput to ensure that the final fput has completed. + */ +void fput_queue(struct file *file) +{ + if (atomic_long_dec_and_test(&file->f_count)) { + if (llist_add(&file->f_u.fu_llist, &delayed_fput_list)) + schedule_delayed_work(&delayed_fput_work, 1); + } +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(fput_queue); + /* * synchronous analog of fput(); for kernel threads that might be needed * in some umount() (and thus can't use flush_delayed_fput() without diff --git a/include/linux/file.h b/include/linux/file.h index f87d30882a24..543b0e2faf2c 100644 --- a/include/linux/file.h +++ b/include/linux/file.h @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ struct file; extern void fput(struct file *); +extern void fput_queue(struct file *); struct file_operations; struct vfsmount; -- 2.4.3 -- 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