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/fs/fcntl.c b/fs/fcntl.c
index bd215cc..04df857 100644
--- a/fs/fcntl.c
+++ b/fs/fcntl.c
@@ -189,7 +189,9 @@
}
}
+ spin_lock(&filp->f_lock);
filp->f_flags = (arg & SETFL_MASK) | (filp->f_flags & ~SETFL_MASK);
+ spin_unlock(&filp->f_lock);
out:
unlock_kernel();
return error;