sysfs: fix race condition around sd->s_dentry, take#2

Allowing attribute and symlink dentries to be reclaimed means
sd->s_dentry can change dynamically.  However, updates to the field
are unsynchronized leading to race conditions.  This patch adds
sysfs_lock and use it to synchronize updates to sd->s_dentry.

Due to the locking around ->d_iput, the check in sysfs_drop_dentry()
is complex.  sysfs_lock only protect sd->s_dentry pointer itself.  The
validity of the dentry is protected by dcache_lock, so whether dentry
is alive or not can only be tested while holding both locks.

This is minimal backport of sysfs_drop_dentry() rewrite in devel
branch.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index 38bbe071cc1..5266eec15f6 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -246,9 +246,23 @@ static inline void orphan_all_buffers(struct inode *node)
  */
 void sysfs_drop_dentry(struct sysfs_dirent * sd, struct dentry * parent)
 {
-	struct dentry * dentry = sd->s_dentry;
+	struct dentry *dentry = NULL;
 	struct inode *inode;
 
+	/* We're not holding a reference to ->s_dentry dentry but the
+	 * field will stay valid as long as sysfs_lock is held.
+	 */
+	spin_lock(&sysfs_lock);
+	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+
+	/* dget dentry if it's still alive */
+	if (sd->s_dentry && sd->s_dentry->d_inode)
+		dentry = dget_locked(sd->s_dentry);
+
+	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&sysfs_lock);
+
+	/* drop dentry */
 	if (dentry) {
 		spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
 		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
@@ -268,6 +282,8 @@ void sysfs_drop_dentry(struct sysfs_dirent * sd, struct dentry * parent)
 			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 			spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 		}
+
+		dput(dentry);
 	}
 }