linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/11] 9p: fix dentry leak in v9fs_vfs_atomic_open

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Date:	Tue, 17 Sep 2013 12:16:56 +0200
From:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Linux-Fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"mszeredi@...e.cz" <mszeredi@...e.cz>,
	Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@...il.com>,
	"M. Mohan Kumar" <mohan@...ibm.com>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/11] 9p: fix dentry leak in v9fs_vfs_atomic_open_dotl()

On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 1:28 AM, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 11:02:41PM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
>> On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 10:09:46PM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
>>
>> > > I would definitely prefer EEXIST logics dealt with in fs/namei.c - if nothing
>> > > else, it had been done wrong in too many instances...
>> >
>> > Okay.
>>
>> OK, so I'm taking 1, 5, 9, 10, 11, then add check to fs/namei.c:atomic_open(),
>> leaving the rest of gfs2 ones for gfs2 tree...  Give me a few and I'll push
>> that.
>
> Pushed (head at d332c7).  That should cover 9p and fuse as well, AFAICS.
> Do you have any problems with that variant?

Just one. This needs to be removed, since this condition is now
explicitly allowed and later checked for:

    if (WARN_ON(excl && !(*opened & FILE_CREATED)))
        *opened |= FILE_CREATED;

Thanks,
Miklos
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