linux-kernel - [ 53/98] mqueue: sys_mq_open: do not call mnt_drop

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Date:	Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:42:42 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@...allels.com>,
	Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [ 53/98] mqueue: sys_mq_open: do not call mnt_drop_write() if read-only

3.8-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@...allels.com>

commit 38d78e587d4960d0db94add518d27ee74bad2301 upstream.

mnt_drop_write() must be called only if mnt_want_write() succeeded,
otherwise the mnt_writers counter will diverge.

mnt_writers counters are used to check if remounting FS as read-only is
OK, so after an extra mnt_drop_write() call, it would be impossible to
remount mqueue FS as read-only.  Besides, on umount a warning would be
printed like this one:

  =====================================
  [ BUG: bad unlock balance detected! ]
  3.9.0-rc3 #5 Not tainted
  -------------------------------------
  a.out/12486 is trying to release lock (sb_writers) at:
  mnt_drop_write+0x1f/0x30
  but there are no more locks to release!

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@...allels.com>
Cc: Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>
Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 ipc/mqueue.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/ipc/mqueue.c
+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -840,7 +840,8 @@ out_putfd:
 		fd = error;
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&root->d_inode->i_mutex);
-	mnt_drop_write(mnt);
+	if (!ro)
+		mnt_drop_write(mnt);
 out_putname:
 	putname(name);
 	return fd;

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