Use f_lock to protect f_flags
Traditionally, changes to struct file->f_flags have been done under BKL
protection, or with no protection at all. This patch causes all f_flags
changes after file open/creation time to be done under protection of
f_lock. This allows the removal of some BKL usage and fixes a number of
longstanding (if microscopic) races.
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_io.c b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
index bc84e12..224f271 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
@@ -2162,13 +2162,12 @@
if (get_user(nonblock, p))
return -EFAULT;
- /* file->f_flags is still BKL protected in the fs layer - vomit */
- lock_kernel();
+ spin_lock(&file->f_lock);
if (nonblock)
file->f_flags |= O_NONBLOCK;
else
file->f_flags &= ~O_NONBLOCK;
- unlock_kernel();
+ spin_unlock(&file->f_lock);
return 0;
}