From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 9419a3191dcb27f24478d288abaab697228d28e6 upstream. What happens there is that we are replacing file->path.mnt of a file we'd just opened with a clone and we need the write count contribution to be transferred from original mount to new one. That's it. We do *NOT* want any kind of freeze protection for the duration of switchover. IOW, we should just use __mnt_{want,drop}_write() for that switchover; no need to bother with mnt_{want,drop}_write() there. Tested-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: syzbot+2a73a6ea9507b7112141@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/internal.h | 2 -- include/linux/mount.h | 2 ++ kernel/acct.c | 4 ++-- 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/fs/internal.h +++ b/fs/internal.h @@ -89,9 +89,7 @@ extern int sb_prepare_remount_readonly(s extern void __init mnt_init(void); -extern int __mnt_want_write(struct vfsmount *); extern int __mnt_want_write_file(struct file *); -extern void __mnt_drop_write(struct vfsmount *); extern void __mnt_drop_write_file(struct file *); /* --- a/include/linux/mount.h +++ b/include/linux/mount.h @@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ extern bool mnt_may_suid(struct vfsmount struct path; extern struct vfsmount *clone_private_mount(const struct path *path); +extern int __mnt_want_write(struct vfsmount *); +extern void __mnt_drop_write(struct vfsmount *); struct file_system_type; extern struct vfsmount *fc_mount(struct fs_context *fc); --- a/kernel/acct.c +++ b/kernel/acct.c @@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ static int acct_on(struct filename *path filp_close(file, NULL); return PTR_ERR(internal); } - err = mnt_want_write(internal); + err = __mnt_want_write(internal); if (err) { mntput(internal); kfree(acct); @@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ static int acct_on(struct filename *path old = xchg(&ns->bacct, &acct->pin); mutex_unlock(&acct->lock); pin_kill(old); - mnt_drop_write(mnt); + __mnt_drop_write(mnt); mntput(mnt); return 0; }