Cover d_name with d_lock in more cases, where there may be concurrent modification to it. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin --- fs/dcache.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/fs/dcache.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/dcache.c 2010-11-17 00:52:37.000000000 +1100 +++ linux-2.6/fs/dcache.c 2010-11-17 01:05:42.000000000 +1100 @@ -1361,16 +1361,20 @@ static struct dentry *__d_instantiate_un list_for_each_entry(alias, &inode->i_dentry, d_alias) { struct qstr *qstr = &alias->d_name; + spin_lock(&alias->d_lock); if (qstr->hash != hash) - continue; + goto next; if (alias->d_parent != entry->d_parent) - continue; + goto next; if (qstr->len != len) - continue; + goto next; if (memcmp(qstr->name, name, len)) - continue; - dget_locked(alias); + goto next; + dget_locked_dlock(alias); + spin_unlock(&alias->d_lock); return alias; +next: + spin_unlock(&alias->d_lock); } __d_instantiate(entry, inode); @@ -2298,7 +2302,9 @@ static int prepend_path(const struct pat } parent = dentry->d_parent; prefetch(parent); + spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock); error = prepend_name(buffer, buflen, &dentry->d_name); + spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock); if (!error) error = prepend(buffer, buflen, "/", 1); if (error) @@ -2506,10 +2512,13 @@ static char *__dentry_path(struct dentry while (!IS_ROOT(dentry)) { struct dentry *parent = dentry->d_parent; + int error; prefetch(parent); - if ((prepend_name(&end, &buflen, &dentry->d_name) != 0) || - (prepend(&end, &buflen, "/", 1) != 0)) + spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock); + error = prepend_name(&end, &buflen, &dentry->d_name); + spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock); + if (error != 0 || prepend(&end, &buflen, "/", 1) != 0) goto Elong; retval = end; -- 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/