linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] autofs4 - use simple_empty() for empty directory check

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Message-ID: <20121214022328.2969.56282.stgit@perseus.themaw.net>
Date:	Fri, 14 Dec 2012 10:23:29 +0800
From:	Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	autofs mailing list <autofs@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] autofs4 - use simple_empty() for empty directory check

For direct (and offset) mounts, if an automounted mount is manually
umounted the trigger mount dentry can appear non-empty causing it to
not trigger mounts. This can also happen if there is a file handle
leak in a user space automounting application.

This happens because, when a ioctl control file handle is opened
on the mount, a cursor dentry is created which causes list_empty()
to see the dentry as non-empty. Since there is a case where listing
the directory of these dentrys is needed, the use of dcache_dir_*()
functions for .open() and .release() is needed.

Consequently simple_empty() must be used instead of list_empty()
when checking for an empty directory.

Signed-off-by: Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>
---

 fs/autofs4/root.c |   22 +++++-----------------
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/autofs4/root.c b/fs/autofs4/root.c
index 30a6ab66..c934476 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/root.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/root.c
@@ -124,13 +124,10 @@ static int autofs4_dir_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	 * it.
 	 */
 	spin_lock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
-	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	if (!d_mountpoint(dentry) && list_empty(&dentry->d_subdirs)) {
-		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	if (!d_mountpoint(dentry) && simple_empty(dentry)) {
 		spin_unlock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
 		return -ENOENT;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	spin_unlock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
 
 out:
@@ -386,12 +383,8 @@ static struct vfsmount *autofs4_d_automount(struct path *path)
 				goto done;
 			}
 		} else {
-			spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-			if (!list_empty(&dentry->d_subdirs)) {
-				spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+			if (!simple_empty(dentry))
 				goto done;
-			}
-			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		}
 		ino->flags |= AUTOFS_INF_PENDING;
 		spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
@@ -610,9 +603,7 @@ static int autofs4_dir_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 
 	spin_lock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
 	__autofs4_add_expiring(dentry);
-	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	__d_drop(dentry);
-	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	d_drop(dentry);
 	spin_unlock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -683,15 +674,12 @@ static int autofs4_dir_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 		return -EACCES;
 
 	spin_lock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
-	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	if (!list_empty(&dentry->d_subdirs)) {
-		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	if (!simple_empty(dentry)) {
 		spin_unlock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
 		return -ENOTEMPTY;
 	}
 	__autofs4_add_expiring(dentry);
-	__d_drop(dentry);
-	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	d_drop(dentry);
 	spin_unlock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
 
 	if (sbi->version < 5)

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