From 6d8344baee99402de58b5fa5dfea197242955c15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Louis Rilling Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:01:02 +0200 Subject: configfs: Fix failing mkdir() making racing rmdir() fail When fixing the rename() vs rmdir() deadlock, we stopped locking default groups' inodes in configfs_detach_prep(), letting racing mkdir() in default groups proceed concurrently. This enables races like below happen, which leads to a failing mkdir() making rmdir() fail, despite the group to remove having no user-created directory under it in the end. process A: process B: /* PWD=A/B */ mkdir("C") make_item("C") attach_group("C") rmdir("A") detach_prep("A") detach_prep("B") error because of "C" return -ENOTEMPTY attach_group("C/D") error (eg -ENOMEM) return -ENOMEM This patch prevents such scenarii by making rmdir() wait as long as detach_prep() fails because a racing mkdir() is in the middle of attach_group(). To achieve this, mkdir() sets a flag CONFIGFS_USET_IN_MKDIR in parent's configfs_dirent before calling attach_group(), and clears the flag once attach_group() is done. detach_prep() fails with -EAGAIN whenever the flag is hit and returns the guilty inode's mutex so that rmdir() can wait on it. Signed-off-by: Louis Rilling Signed-off-by: Joel Becker --- fs/configfs/configfs_internal.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'fs/configfs/configfs_internal.h') diff --git a/fs/configfs/configfs_internal.h b/fs/configfs/configfs_internal.h index 5a33b58e66d..da015c12e3e 100644 --- a/fs/configfs/configfs_internal.h +++ b/fs/configfs/configfs_internal.h @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ struct configfs_dirent { #define CONFIGFS_USET_DIR 0x0040 #define CONFIGFS_USET_DEFAULT 0x0080 #define CONFIGFS_USET_DROPPING 0x0100 +#define CONFIGFS_USET_IN_MKDIR 0x0200 #define CONFIGFS_NOT_PINNED (CONFIGFS_ITEM_ATTR) extern spinlock_t configfs_dirent_lock; -- cgit v1.2.3-18-g5258