The patch titled ext3: remove the BKL in ext3/ioctl.c has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is ext3-remove-the-bkl-in-ext3-ioctlc.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: ext3: remove the BKL in ext3/ioctl.c From: Cyrus Massoumi <cyrusm@xxxxxxx> Reformat ext3/ioctl.c to make it look more like ext4/ioctl.c and remove the BKL around ext3_ioctl(). Signed-off-by: Cyrus Massoumi <cyrusm@xxxxxxx> Cc: <linux-ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext3/dir.c | 2 - fs/ext3/file.c | 2 - fs/ext3/ioctl.c | 59 ++++++++++++-------------------------- include/linux/ext3_fs.h | 5 +-- 4 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/ext3/dir.c~ext3-remove-the-bkl-in-ext3-ioctlc fs/ext3/dir.c --- a/fs/ext3/dir.c~ext3-remove-the-bkl-in-ext3-ioctlc +++ a/fs/ext3/dir.c @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ const struct file_operations ext3_dir_op .llseek = generic_file_llseek, .read = generic_read_dir, .readdir = ext3_readdir, /* we take BKL. needed?*/ - .ioctl = ext3_ioctl, /* BKL held */ + .unlocked_ioctl = ext3_ioctl, #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT .compat_ioctl = ext3_compat_ioctl, #endif diff -puN fs/ext3/file.c~ext3-remove-the-bkl-in-ext3-ioctlc fs/ext3/file.c --- a/fs/ext3/file.c~ext3-remove-the-bkl-in-ext3-ioctlc +++ a/fs/ext3/file.c @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ const struct file_operations ext3_file_o .write = do_sync_write, .aio_read = generic_file_aio_read, .aio_write = ext3_file_write, - .ioctl = ext3_ioctl, + .unlocked_ioctl = ext3_ioctl, #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT .compat_ioctl = ext3_compat_ioctl, #endif diff -puN fs/ext3/ioctl.c~ext3-remove-the-bkl-in-ext3-ioctlc fs/ext3/ioctl.c --- a/fs/ext3/ioctl.c~ext3-remove-the-bkl-in-ext3-ioctlc +++ a/fs/ext3/ioctl.c @@ -15,12 +15,11 @@ #include <linux/mount.h> #include <linux/time.h> #include <linux/compat.h> -#include <linux/smp_lock.h> #include <asm/uaccess.h> -int ext3_ioctl (struct inode * inode, struct file * filp, unsigned int cmd, - unsigned long arg) +long ext3_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg) { + struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode; struct ext3_inode_info *ei = EXT3_I(inode); unsigned int flags; unsigned short rsv_window_size; @@ -39,29 +38,25 @@ int ext3_ioctl (struct inode * inode, st unsigned int oldflags; unsigned int jflag; + if (!is_owner_or_cap(inode)) + return -EACCES; + + if (get_user(flags, (int __user *) arg)) + return -EFAULT; + err = mnt_want_write(filp->f_path.mnt); if (err) return err; - if (!is_owner_or_cap(inode)) { - err = -EACCES; - goto flags_out; - } - - if (get_user(flags, (int __user *) arg)) { - err = -EFAULT; - goto flags_out; - } - flags = ext3_mask_flags(inode->i_mode, flags); mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex); + /* Is it quota file? Do not allow user to mess with it */ - if (IS_NOQUOTA(inode)) { - mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex); - err = -EPERM; + err = -EPERM; + if (IS_NOQUOTA(inode)) goto flags_out; - } + oldflags = ei->i_flags; /* The JOURNAL_DATA flag is modifiable only by root */ @@ -74,11 +69,8 @@ int ext3_ioctl (struct inode * inode, st * This test looks nicer. Thanks to Pauline Middelink */ if ((flags ^ oldflags) & (EXT3_APPEND_FL | EXT3_IMMUTABLE_FL)) { - if (!capable(CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE)) { - mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex); - err = -EPERM; + if (!capable(CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE)) goto flags_out; - } } /* @@ -86,17 +78,12 @@ int ext3_ioctl (struct inode * inode, st * the relevant capability. */ if ((jflag ^ oldflags) & (EXT3_JOURNAL_DATA_FL)) { - if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE)) { - mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex); - err = -EPERM; + if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE)) goto flags_out; - } } - handle = ext3_journal_start(inode, 1); if (IS_ERR(handle)) { - mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex); err = PTR_ERR(handle); goto flags_out; } @@ -116,15 +103,13 @@ int ext3_ioctl (struct inode * inode, st err = ext3_mark_iloc_dirty(handle, inode, &iloc); flags_err: ext3_journal_stop(handle); - if (err) { - mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex); - return err; - } + if (err) + goto flags_out; if ((jflag ^ oldflags) & (EXT3_JOURNAL_DATA_FL)) err = ext3_change_inode_journal_flag(inode, jflag); - mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex); flags_out: + mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex); mnt_drop_write(filp->f_path.mnt); return err; } @@ -140,6 +125,7 @@ flags_out: if (!is_owner_or_cap(inode)) return -EPERM; + err = mnt_want_write(filp->f_path.mnt); if (err) return err; @@ -147,6 +133,7 @@ flags_out: err = -EFAULT; goto setversion_out; } + handle = ext3_journal_start(inode, 1); if (IS_ERR(handle)) { err = PTR_ERR(handle); @@ -299,9 +286,6 @@ group_add_out: #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT long ext3_compat_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg) { - struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode; - int ret; - /* These are just misnamed, they actually get/put from/to user an int */ switch (cmd) { case EXT3_IOC32_GETFLAGS: @@ -341,9 +325,6 @@ long ext3_compat_ioctl(struct file *file default: return -ENOIOCTLCMD; } - lock_kernel(); - ret = ext3_ioctl(inode, file, cmd, (unsigned long) compat_ptr(arg)); - unlock_kernel(); - return ret; + return ext3_ioctl(file, cmd, (unsigned long) compat_ptr(arg)); } #endif diff -puN include/linux/ext3_fs.h~ext3-remove-the-bkl-in-ext3-ioctlc include/linux/ext3_fs.h --- a/include/linux/ext3_fs.h~ext3-remove-the-bkl-in-ext3-ioctlc +++ a/include/linux/ext3_fs.h @@ -893,9 +893,8 @@ extern int ext3_fiemap(struct inode *ino u64 start, u64 len); /* ioctl.c */ -extern int ext3_ioctl (struct inode *, struct file *, unsigned int, - unsigned long); -extern long ext3_compat_ioctl (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long); +extern long ext3_ioctl(struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long); +extern long ext3_compat_ioctl(struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long); /* namei.c */ extern int ext3_orphan_add(handle_t *, struct inode *); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from cyrusm@xxxxxxx are ext3-remove-the-bkl-in-ext3-ioctlc.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html