Dentry references should not be acquired without a corresponding vfsmount ref. CC: David Howells Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi --- fs/cachefiles/daemon.c | 26 ++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/fs/cachefiles/daemon.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/cachefiles/daemon.c 2010-07-05 15:44:37.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6/fs/cachefiles/daemon.c 2010-07-05 15:47:40.000000000 +0200 @@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ static int cachefiles_daemon_tag(struct static int cachefiles_daemon_cull(struct cachefiles_cache *cache, char *args) { struct fs_struct *fs; - struct dentry *dir; + struct path path; const struct cred *saved_cred; int ret; @@ -575,22 +575,23 @@ static int cachefiles_daemon_cull(struct /* extract the directory dentry from the cwd */ fs = current->fs; read_lock(&fs->lock); - dir = dget(fs->pwd.dentry); + path = fs->pwd; + path_get(&path); read_unlock(&fs->lock); - if (!S_ISDIR(dir->d_inode->i_mode)) + if (!S_ISDIR(path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode)) goto notdir; cachefiles_begin_secure(cache, &saved_cred); - ret = cachefiles_cull(cache, dir, args); + ret = cachefiles_cull(cache, path.dentry, args); cachefiles_end_secure(cache, saved_cred); - dput(dir); + path_put(&path); _leave(" = %d", ret); return ret; notdir: - dput(dir); + path_put(&path); kerror("cull command requires dirfd to be a directory"); return -ENOTDIR; @@ -629,7 +630,7 @@ inval: static int cachefiles_daemon_inuse(struct cachefiles_cache *cache, char *args) { struct fs_struct *fs; - struct dentry *dir; + struct path path; const struct cred *saved_cred; int ret; @@ -651,22 +652,23 @@ static int cachefiles_daemon_inuse(struc /* extract the directory dentry from the cwd */ fs = current->fs; read_lock(&fs->lock); - dir = dget(fs->pwd.dentry); + path = fs->pwd; + path_get(&path); read_unlock(&fs->lock); - if (!S_ISDIR(dir->d_inode->i_mode)) + if (!S_ISDIR(path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode)) goto notdir; cachefiles_begin_secure(cache, &saved_cred); - ret = cachefiles_check_in_use(cache, dir, args); + ret = cachefiles_check_in_use(cache, path.dentry, args); cachefiles_end_secure(cache, saved_cred); - dput(dir); + path_put(&path); //_leave(" = %d", ret); return ret; notdir: - dput(dir); + path_put(&path); kerror("inuse command requires dirfd to be a directory"); return -ENOTDIR; -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/