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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index a567010b62a..c1072b6940c 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -713,6 +713,7 @@ ssize_t splice_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
{
int ret, do_wakeup, err;
struct splice_desc sd;
+ struct inode *inode = out->f_mapping->host;
ret = 0;
do_wakeup = 0;
@@ -722,8 +723,13 @@ ssize_t splice_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
sd.file = out;
sd.pos = *ppos;
- if (pipe->inode)
- mutex_lock(&pipe->inode->i_mutex);
+ /*
+ * The actor worker might be calling ->prepare_write and
+ * ->commit_write. Most of the time, these expect i_mutex to
+ * be held. Since this may result in an ABBA deadlock with
+ * pipe->inode, we have to order lock acquiry here.
+ */
+ inode_double_lock(inode, pipe->inode);
for (;;) {
if (pipe->nrbufs) {
@@ -797,8 +803,7 @@ ssize_t splice_from_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
pipe_wait(pipe);
}
- if (pipe->inode)
- mutex_unlock(&pipe->inode->i_mutex);
+ inode_double_unlock(inode, pipe->inode);
if (do_wakeup) {
smp_mb();
@@ -1400,13 +1405,7 @@ static int link_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *ipipe,
* grabbing by inode address. Otherwise two different processes
* could deadlock (one doing tee from A -> B, the other from B -> A).
*/
- if (ipipe->inode < opipe->inode) {
- mutex_lock_nested(&ipipe->inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
- mutex_lock_nested(&opipe->inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_CHILD);
- } else {
- mutex_lock_nested(&opipe->inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
- mutex_lock_nested(&ipipe->inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_CHILD);
- }
+ inode_double_lock(ipipe->inode, opipe->inode);
do {
if (!opipe->readers) {
@@ -1450,8 +1449,7 @@ static int link_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *ipipe,
i++;
} while (len);
- mutex_unlock(&ipipe->inode->i_mutex);
- mutex_unlock(&opipe->inode->i_mutex);
+ inode_double_unlock(ipipe->inode, opipe->inode);
/*
* If we put data in the output pipe, wakeup any potential readers.