autofs4 - fix get_next_positive_dentry()
authorIan Kent <raven@themaw.net>
Tue, 18 Jan 2011 04:06:04 +0000 (12:06 +0800)
committerAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Tue, 18 Jan 2011 06:21:26 +0000 (01:21 -0500)
The initialization condition in fs/autofs4/expire.c:get_next_positive_dentry()
appears to be incorrect. If prev == NULL I believe that root should be
returned.

Further down, at the current dentry check for it being simple_positive()
it looks like the d_lock for dentry p should be dropped instead of dentry
ret, otherwise when p is assinged to ret we end up with no lock on p and
a lost lock on ret, which leads to a deadlock.

Signed-off-by: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
fs/autofs4/expire.c

index 3ed79d7..f43100b 100644 (file)
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static struct dentry *get_next_positive_dentry(struct dentry *prev,
        struct dentry *p, *ret;
 
        if (prev == NULL)
-               return dget(prev);
+               return dget(root);
 
        spin_lock(&autofs4_lock);
 relock:
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ again:
        spin_lock_nested(&ret->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
        /* Negative dentry - try next */
        if (!simple_positive(ret)) {
-               spin_unlock(&ret->d_lock);
+               spin_unlock(&p->d_lock);
                p = ret;
                goto again;
        }