[patch 1/1] jffs2: unlock f->sem on error in jffs2_new_inode()

akpm at linux-foundation.org akpm at linux-foundation.org
Tue Jan 21 17:36:56 EST 2014


From: Wang Guoli <andy.wangguoli at huawei.com>
Subject: jffs2: unlock f->sem on error in jffs2_new_inode()

If jffs2_new_inode() succeeds, it returns with f->sem held, and the caller
is responsible for releasing the lock.  If it fails, it still returns with
the lock held, but the caller won't release the lock, which will lead to
deadlock.

Fix it by releasing the lock in jffs2_new_inode() on error.

Signed-off-by: Wang Guoli <andy.wangguoli at huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0 at huawei.com>
Cc: Artem Bityutskiy <artem.bityutskiy at linux.intel.com>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2 at infradead.org>
Cc: Wang Guoli <andy.wangguoli at huawei.com>
Cc: <stable at vger.kernel.org> # 2.6.34+
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm at linux-foundation.org>
---

 fs/jffs2/fs.c |    9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff -puN fs/jffs2/fs.c~jffs2-unlock-f-sem-on-error-in-jffs2_new_inode fs/jffs2/fs.c
--- a/fs/jffs2/fs.c~jffs2-unlock-f-sem-on-error-in-jffs2_new_inode
+++ a/fs/jffs2/fs.c
@@ -456,12 +456,14 @@ struct inode *jffs2_new_inode (struct in
 	   The umask is only applied if there's no default ACL */
 	ret = jffs2_init_acl_pre(dir_i, inode, &mode);
 	if (ret) {
-	    make_bad_inode(inode);
-	    iput(inode);
-	    return ERR_PTR(ret);
+		mutex_unlock(&f->sem);
+		make_bad_inode(inode);
+		iput(inode);
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 	}
 	ret = jffs2_do_new_inode (c, f, mode, ri);
 	if (ret) {
+		mutex_unlock(&f->sem);
 		make_bad_inode(inode);
 		iput(inode);
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);
@@ -478,6 +480,7 @@ struct inode *jffs2_new_inode (struct in
 	inode->i_size = 0;
 
 	if (insert_inode_locked(inode) < 0) {
+		mutex_unlock(&f->sem);
 		make_bad_inode(inode);
 		iput(inode);
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
_



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