Re: [PATCH] xfsprogs: fix use after free in inode_item_done()

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On Mon, 2014-03-03 at 16:48 -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> On 3/3/14, 4:36 PM, Dave Chinner wrote:
...
> > which leaves the rest of the ili_done: code looking a little
> > strange.
> > 
> > can you convert that now to be:
> > 
> > ili_done:
> > 	if (iip->ili_lock_flags) {
> > 		iip->ili_lock_flags = 0;
> > 		return;
> > 	}
> > 	/* free the inode */
> > 	libxfs_iput(ip, 0);
> > }
> 
> yeah, I actually had that first.  Not sure why I didn't go with it ;)
> 
> (Still looks strange to my untrained eye; "if lock flags are set, unset them and don't free the inode, otherwise free it")
> 

I'd be tempted to write:

ili_done:
	if (iip->ili_lock_flags == 0) /* don't return locked inode */
		libxfs_iput(ip, 0);

	iip->ili_lock_flags = 0;

-- 
Roger Willcocks <roger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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