linux-kernel - [PATCH 04/13] vfs: fs_may_remount_ro: turn unnecessary check into a WARN

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Date:	Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:13:23 +0200
From:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
To:	hch@...radead.org
Cc:	viro@...IV.linux.org.uk, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jack@...e.cz,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, toshi.okajima@...fujitsu.com,
	mszeredi@...e.cz
Subject: [PATCH 04/13] vfs: fs_may_remount_ro: turn unnecessary check into a WARN_ON

From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...e.cz>

Now a successful sb_prepare_remount_readonly() should ensure that no
writable files remain for this superblock.  So turn this check into a
WARN_ON.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...e.cz>
Tested-by: Toshiyuki Okajima <toshi.okajima@...fujitsu.com>
---
 fs/file_table.c |    7 +++++--
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index c322794..dc9f437 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -486,8 +486,11 @@ int fs_may_remount_ro(struct super_block *sb)
 		if (inode->i_nlink == 0)
 			goto too_bad;
 
-		/* Writeable file? */
-		if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) && (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
+		/*
+		 * Writable file?
+		 * Should be caught by sb_prepare_remount_readonly().
+		 */
+		if (WARN_ON(S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) && (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)))
 			goto too_bad;
 	} while_file_list_for_each_entry;
 	lg_global_unlock(files_lglock);
-- 
1.7.3.4

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