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authorAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2013-03-26 18:25:57 -0400
committerAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2013-03-26 18:25:57 -0400
commit7ea600b5314529f9d1b9d6d3c41cb26fce6a7a4a (patch)
tree8cc99c507999dcb7c35e973e22d79ae9a3ac8165 /lib/syscall.c
parent06ae43f34bcc07a0b6be8bf78a1c895bcd12c839 (diff)
Nest rename_lock inside vfsmount_lock
... lest we get livelocks between path_is_under() and d_path() and friends. The thing is, wrt fairness lglocks are more similar to rwsems than to rwlocks; it is possible to have thread B spin on attempt to take lock shared while thread A is already holding it shared, if B is on lower-numbered CPU than A and there's a thread C spinning on attempt to take the same lock exclusive. As the result, we need consistent ordering between vfsmount_lock (lglock) and rename_lock (seq_lock), even though everything that takes both is going to take vfsmount_lock only shared. Spotted-by: Brad Spengler <spender@grsecurity.net> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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