From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> We should drop the ->s_umount mutex if an error occurs after the sget()/grab_super() call. This was introduced when adding support for multiple instances of devpts and noticed during a code review/reorg. Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/devpts/inode.c | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/devpts/inode.c b/fs/devpts/inode.c index bff4052..140b431 100644 --- a/fs/devpts/inode.c +++ b/fs/devpts/inode.c @@ -385,6 +385,7 @@ static int new_pts_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags, fail: dput(mnt->mnt_sb->s_root); + up_write(&mnt->mnt_sb->s_umount); deactivate_super(mnt->mnt_sb); return err; } @@ -473,6 +474,7 @@ static int init_pts_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags, err = mknod_ptmx(mnt->mnt_sb); if (err) { dput(mnt->mnt_sb->s_root); + up_write(&mnt->mnt_sb->s_umount); deactivate_super(mnt->mnt_sb); } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-serial" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html