linux/fs
Eric W. Biederman f8d4f618fe sysfs: Serialize updates to the vfs inode
The vfs depends upon filesystem methods to update the
vfs inode.   Sysfs adds to the normal number of places
where the vfs inode is updated by also updatng the
vfs inode in sysfs_refresh_inode.

Typically the inode mutex is used to serialize updates
to the vfs inode, but grabbing the inode mutex in
sysfs_permission and sysfs_getattr causes deadlocks,
because sometimes the vfs calls those operations with
the inode mutex held.  Therefore sysfs  can not use the
inode mutex to serial updates to the vfs inode.

The sysfs_mutex is acquired in all of the routines
where sysfs updates the vfs inode, and with a small
change we can consistently protext sysfs vfs inode
updates with the sysfs_mutex. To protect the sysfs
vfs inode updates with the sysfs_mutex simply requires
extending the scope of sysfs_mutex in sysfs_setattr
over inode_setattr, and over inode_change_ok (so we
have an unchanging inode when we perform the check).

Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@aristanetworks.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2010-03-07 17:04:52 -08:00
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9p fs/9p: Add hardlink support to .u extension 2010-03-05 15:04:42 -06:00
adfs pass writeback_control to ->write_inode 2010-03-05 13:25:52 -05:00
affs pass writeback_control to ->write_inode 2010-03-05 13:25:52 -05:00
afs make sure data is on disk before calling ->write_inode 2010-03-05 13:25:10 -05:00
autofs trivial: remove unnecessary semicolons 2009-09-21 15:14:58 +02:00
autofs4 Use kill_litter_super() in autofs4 ->kill_sb() 2010-03-03 14:07:54 -05:00
befs befs: fix leak 2010-02-07 03:06:21 -05:00
bfs pass writeback_control to ->write_inode 2010-03-05 13:25:52 -05:00
btrfs Driver core: Constify struct sysfs_ops in struct kobj_type 2010-03-07 17:04:49 -08:00
cachefiles CacheFiles: Fix a race in cachefiles_delete_object() vs rename 2010-02-20 10:06:35 -05:00
cifs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 2010-03-04 08:15:33 -08:00
coda sysctl: Drop & in front of every proc_handler. 2009-11-18 08:37:40 -08:00
configfs Fix configfs leak 2010-01-14 09:05:42 -05:00
cramfs
debugfs Lose the new_name argument of fsnotify_move() 2010-02-08 14:38:36 -05:00
devpts devpts_get_tty() should validate inode 2009-12-11 15:18:05 -08:00
dlm Driver core: Constify struct sysfs_ops in struct kobj_type 2010-03-07 17:04:49 -08:00
ecryptfs ecryptfs: use after free 2010-01-19 22:36:06 -06:00
efs
exofs pass writeback_control to ->write_inode 2010-03-05 13:25:52 -05:00
exportfs nfs: new subdir Documentation/filesystems/nfs 2009-10-27 19:34:04 -04:00
ext2 Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs-2.6 2010-03-05 13:20:53 -08:00
ext3 Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs-2.6 2010-03-05 13:20:53 -08:00
ext4 Driver core: Constify struct sysfs_ops in struct kobj_type 2010-03-07 17:04:49 -08:00
fat pass writeback_control to ->write_inode 2010-03-05 13:25:52 -05:00
freevxfs
fscache FS-Cache: Avoid maybe-used-uninitialised warning on variable 2009-12-16 07:20:13 -08:00
fuse Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/fuse 2010-03-03 08:08:21 -08:00
gfs2 Driver core: Constify struct sysfs_ops in struct kobj_type 2010-03-07 17:04:49 -08:00
hfs pass writeback_control to ->write_inode 2010-03-05 13:25:52 -05:00
hfsplus pass writeback_control to ->write_inode 2010-03-05 13:25:52 -05:00
hostfs
hpfs Don't mess with generic_permission() under ->d_lock in hpfs 2010-03-03 14:07:58 -05:00
hppfs hppfs can use existing proc_mnt, no need for do_kern_mount() in there 2010-03-03 14:08:00 -05:00
hugetlbfs Untangling ima mess, part 1: alloc_file() 2009-12-16 12:16:47 -05:00
isofs Merge branch 'for-2.6.33' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux 2009-12-16 10:43:34 -08:00
jbd jbd: Delay discarding buffers in journal_unmap_buffer 2010-03-05 00:20:26 +01:00
jbd2 jbd2: clean up an assertion in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction() 2010-02-24 12:11:20 -05:00
jffs2 Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 2009-12-16 12:04:02 -08:00
jfs Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs-2.6 2010-03-05 13:20:53 -08:00
lockd lockd: don't clear sm_monitored on nsm_reboot_lookup 2010-02-08 16:20:35 -05:00
logfs Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/joern/logfs 2010-03-06 13:18:03 -08:00
minix pass writeback_control to ->write_inode 2010-03-05 13:25:52 -05:00
ncpfs tree-wide: fix assorted typos all over the place 2009-12-04 15:39:55 +01:00
nfs Merge branch 'for-2.6.34' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux 2010-03-06 11:31:38 -08:00
nfs_common
nfsd Merge branch 'for-2.6.34' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux 2010-03-06 11:31:38 -08:00
nilfs2 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 2010-03-04 08:15:33 -08:00
nls Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/hirofumi/fatfs-2.6 2009-09-30 09:31:14 -07:00
notify switch inotify_user to anon_inode 2010-02-19 03:35:12 -05:00
ntfs pass writeback_control to ->write_inode 2010-03-05 13:25:52 -05:00
ocfs2 Driver core: Constify struct sysfs_ops in struct kobj_type 2010-03-07 17:04:49 -08:00
omfs pass writeback_control to ->write_inode 2010-03-05 13:25:52 -05:00
openpromfs
partitions block: Stop using byte offsets 2010-01-11 14:30:09 +01:00
proc proc: warn on non-existing proc entries 2010-03-06 11:26:45 -08:00
qnx4 qnx4: use hweight8 2009-12-16 07:20:18 -08:00
quota quota: stop using QUOTA_OK / NO_QUOTA 2010-03-05 00:20:31 +01:00
ramfs nommu: fix shared mmap after truncate shrinkage problems 2010-01-16 12:15:40 -08:00
reiserfs Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs-2.6 2010-03-05 13:20:53 -08:00
romfs fix leak in romfs_fill_super() 2010-01-26 22:22:26 -05:00
smbfs fs: Make unload_nls() NULL pointer safe 2009-09-24 07:47:42 -04:00
squashfs Squashfs: get rid of obsolete definition in header file 2010-03-05 15:35:35 +00:00
sysfs sysfs: Serialize updates to the vfs inode 2010-03-07 17:04:52 -08:00
sysv pass writeback_control to ->write_inode 2010-03-05 13:25:52 -05:00
ubifs Revert "lib: build list_sort() only if needed" 2010-03-07 09:54:44 -08:00
udf Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs-2.6 2010-03-05 13:20:53 -08:00
ufs Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs-2.6 2010-03-05 13:20:53 -08:00
xfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://oss.sgi.com/xfs/xfs 2010-03-06 11:32:21 -08:00
aio.c aio: remove unused field 2009-12-16 07:20:13 -08:00
anon_inodes.c Sanitize f_flags helpers 2009-12-22 12:27:34 -05:00
attr.c fs: use rlimit helpers 2010-03-06 11:26:29 -08:00
bad_inode.c
binfmt_aout.c coredump: move dump_write() and dump_seek() into a header file 2010-03-06 11:26:45 -08:00
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c coredump: pass mm->flags as a coredump parameter for consistency 2010-03-06 11:26:46 -08:00
binfmt_elf.c coredump: pass mm->flags as a coredump parameter for consistency 2010-03-06 11:26:46 -08:00
binfmt_em86.c
binfmt_flat.c fs: use rlimit helpers 2010-03-06 11:26:29 -08:00
binfmt_misc.c
binfmt_script.c
binfmt_som.c Split 'flush_old_exec' into two functions 2010-01-29 08:22:01 -08:00
bio-integrity.c block: fix bugs in bio-integrity mempool usage 2010-01-30 20:28:19 +01:00
bio.c Revert "blkdev: fix merge_bvec_fn return value checks" 2010-03-02 19:17:34 +01:00
block_dev.c freeze_bdev: don't deactivate successfully frozen MS_RDONLY sb 2010-02-07 03:06:21 -05:00
buffer.c Merge branch 'writeback' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2009-09-25 09:27:30 -07:00
char_dev.c fs/char_dev.c: remove useless loop 2009-09-24 07:21:03 -07:00
compat_binfmt_elf.c elf coredump: replace ELF_CORE_EXTRA_* macros by functions 2010-03-06 11:26:45 -08:00
compat_ioctl.c fs/compat_ioctl.c: suppress two warnings 2010-03-06 11:26:35 -08:00
compat.c compat.c: Remove dependence on nfsd private headers 2009-12-14 18:12:10 -05:00
dcache.c fix race in d_splice_alias() 2010-03-03 14:13:08 -05:00
dcookies.c
direct-io.c dio: fix use-after-free 2009-12-17 04:52:13 -05:00
drop_caches.c sysctl: remove "struct file *" argument of ->proc_handler 2009-09-24 07:21:04 -07:00
eventfd.c eventfd - allow atomic read and waitqueue remove 2010-01-25 12:26:38 -02:00
eventpoll.c anonfd: Allow making anon files read-only 2009-12-22 12:27:34 -05:00
exec.c coredump: suppress uid comparison test if core output files are pipes 2010-03-06 11:26:46 -08:00
fcntl.c fs: use rlimit helpers 2010-03-06 11:26:29 -08:00
fifo.c
file_table.c vfs: take f_lock on modifying f_mode after open time 2010-03-06 11:26:25 -08:00
file.c fs: use rlimit helpers 2010-03-06 11:26:29 -08:00
filesystems.c
fs_struct.c
fs-writeback.c pass writeback_control to ->write_inode 2010-03-05 13:25:52 -05:00
generic_acl.c make generic_acl slightly more generic 2009-12-16 12:16:49 -05:00
inode.c dquot: move dquot initialization responsibility into the filesystem 2010-03-05 00:20:30 +01:00
internal.h Take vfsmount_lock to fs/internal.h 2010-03-03 14:07:59 -05:00
ioctl.c __generic_block_fiemap(): fix for files bigger than 4GB 2009-11-12 07:26:01 -08:00
ioprio.c
Kconfig Revert "task_struct: make journal_info conditional" 2009-12-17 13:23:24 -08:00
Kconfig.binfmt
libfs.c libfs: Unexport and kill simple_prepare_write 2010-03-03 13:00:17 -05:00
locks.c Switch may_open() and break_lease() to passing O_... 2010-03-03 13:00:21 -05:00
Makefile [LogFS] add new flash file system 2009-11-20 20:13:39 +01:00
mbcache.c
mpage.c
namei.c Fix a dumb typo - use of & instead of && 2010-03-06 10:54:48 -08:00
namespace.c vfs: add NOFOLLOW flag to umount(2) 2010-03-03 14:08:00 -05:00
nfsctl.c Switch may_open() and break_lease() to passing O_... 2010-03-03 13:00:21 -05:00
no-block.c
open.c Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs-2.6 2010-03-05 13:20:53 -08:00
pipe.c fs: no games with DCACHE_UNHASHED 2009-12-17 10:51:40 -05:00
pnode.c Kill CL_PROPAGATION, sanitize fs/pnode.c:get_source() 2010-03-03 13:00:22 -05:00
pnode.h VFS: Clean up shared mount flag propagation 2010-03-03 14:07:55 -05:00
posix_acl.c
read_write.c sendfile(): check f_op.splice_write() rather than f_op.sendpage() 2009-11-04 09:09:52 +01:00
read_write.h
readdir.c
select.c fs: use rlimit helpers 2010-03-06 11:26:29 -08:00
seq_file.c seq_file: fix new kernel-doc warnings 2010-03-07 15:48:26 -08:00
signalfd.c anonfd: Allow making anon files read-only 2009-12-22 12:27:34 -05:00
splice.c sendfile(): check f_op.splice_write() rather than f_op.sendpage() 2009-11-04 09:09:52 +01:00
stack.c VFS/fsstack: handle 32-bit smp + preempt + large files in fsstack_copy_inode_size 2009-12-17 10:58:17 -05:00
stat.c Add unlocked version of inode_add_bytes() function 2009-12-23 13:33:54 +01:00
super.c Mirror MS_KERNMOUNT in ->mnt_flags 2010-03-03 14:08:00 -05:00
sync.c quota: move code from sync_quota_sb into vfs_quota_sync 2010-03-05 00:20:24 +01:00
timerfd.c anonfd: Allow making anon files read-only 2009-12-22 12:27:34 -05:00
utimes.c
xattr_acl.c VFS: Use GFP_NOFS in posix_acl_from_xattr() 2009-12-03 11:48:07 +00:00
xattr.c sanitize xattr handler prototypes 2009-12-16 12:16:49 -05:00