linux-kernel - [PATCH] [DLM] fix a couple of races

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Date:	Mon,  9 Jul 2007 17:02:08 +0100
From:	swhiteho@...hat.com
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	cluster-devel@...hat.com, Satyam Sharma <ssatyam@....iitk.ac.in>,
	David Teigland <teigland@...hat.com>,
	Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH] [DLM] fix a couple of races

From: Satyam Sharma <ssatyam@....iitk.ac.in>

Fix two races in fs/dlm/config.c:

(1) Grab the configfs subsystem semaphore before calling
config_group_find_obj() in get_space(). This solves a potential race
between get_space() and concurrent mkdir(2) or rmdir(2).

(2) Grab a reference on the found config_item _while_ holding the configfs
subsystem semaphore in get_comm(), and not after it. This solves a
potential race between get_comm() and concurrent rmdir(2).

Signed-off-by: Satyam Sharma <ssatyam@....iitk.ac.in>
Signed-off-by: David Teigland <teigland@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@...hat.com>

diff --git a/fs/dlm/config.c b/fs/dlm/config.c
index 822abdc..5a3d390 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/config.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/config.c
@@ -748,9 +748,16 @@ static ssize_t node_weight_write(struct node *nd, const char *buf, size_t len)
 
 static struct space *get_space(char *name)
 {
+	struct config_item *i;
+
 	if (!space_list)
 		return NULL;
-	return to_space(config_group_find_obj(space_list, name));
+
+	down(&space_list->cg_subsys->su_sem);
+	i = config_group_find_obj(space_list, name);
+	up(&space_list->cg_subsys->su_sem);
+
+	return to_space(i);
 }
 
 static void put_space(struct space *sp)
@@ -776,20 +783,20 @@ static struct comm *get_comm(int nodeid, struct sockaddr_storage *addr)
 			if (cm->nodeid != nodeid)
 				continue;
 			found = 1;
+			config_item_get(i);
 			break;
 		} else {
 			if (!cm->addr_count ||
 			    memcmp(cm->addr[0], addr, sizeof(*addr)))
 				continue;
 			found = 1;
+			config_item_get(i);
 			break;
 		}
 	}
 	up(&clusters_root.subsys.su_sem);
 
-	if (found)
-		config_item_get(i);
-	else
+	if (!found)
 		cm = NULL;
 	return cm;
 }
-- 
1.5.1.2

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