3.8-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 38d78e587d4960d0db94add518d27ee74bad2301 upstream. mnt_drop_write() must be called only if mnt_want_write() succeeded, otherwise the mnt_writers counter will diverge. mnt_writers counters are used to check if remounting FS as read-only is OK, so after an extra mnt_drop_write() call, it would be impossible to remount mqueue FS as read-only. Besides, on umount a warning would be printed like this one: ===================================== [ BUG: bad unlock balance detected! ] 3.9.0-rc3 #5 Not tainted ------------------------------------- a.out/12486 is trying to release lock (sb_writers) at: mnt_drop_write+0x1f/0x30 but there are no more locks to release! Signed-off-by: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Doug Ledford <dledford@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- ipc/mqueue.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/ipc/mqueue.c +++ b/ipc/mqueue.c @@ -840,7 +840,8 @@ out_putfd: fd = error; } mutex_unlock(&root->d_inode->i_mutex); - mnt_drop_write(mnt); + if (!ro) + mnt_drop_write(mnt); out_putname: putname(name); return fd; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html