linux-kernel - [PATCH] cgroup: cgroup_rm_files() was calling simple

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Date:	Tue, 3 Jul 2012 10:38:06 -0700
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>, shyju pv <shyju.pv@...wei.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"cgroups@...r.kernel.org" <cgroups@...r.kernel.org>,
	Sanil kumar <sanil.kumar@...wei.com>,
	Masanari Iida <standby24x7@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] cgroup: cgroup_rm_files() was calling simple_unlink() with
 the wrong inode

>From 6da2689412c78b97716ec524cc30baf7b46508cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 10:32:26 -0700

While refactoring cgroup file removal path, 05ef1d7c4a "cgroup:
introduce struct cfent" incorrectly changed the @dir argument of
simple_unlink() to the inode of the file being deleted instead of that
of the containing directory.

The effect of this bug is minor - ctime and mtime of the parent
weren't properly updated on file deletion.

Fix it by using @cgrp->dentry->d_inode instead.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Reported-by: Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
---
Will commit to cgroup/for-3.5-fixes.  Li, can you please ack this?

Thanks.

 kernel/cgroup.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 2097684..b214fc2 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ static int cgroup_rm_file(struct cgroup *cgrp, const struct cftype *cft)
 
 		dget(d);
 		d_delete(d);
-		simple_unlink(d->d_inode, d);
+		simple_unlink(cgrp->dentry->d_inode, d);
 		list_del_init(&cfe->node);
 		dput(d);
 
-- 
1.7.7.3

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