Use f_lock to protect f_flags
Traditionally, changes to struct file->f_flags have been done under BKL
protection, or with no protection at all. This patch causes all f_flags
changes after file open/creation time to be done under protection of
f_lock. This allows the removal of some BKL usage and fixes a number of
longstanding (if microscopic) races.
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c
index 54b4077..a8ddadb 100644
--- a/ipc/mqueue.c
+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -1156,10 +1156,12 @@
omqstat.mq_flags = filp->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK;
if (u_mqstat) {
audit_mq_getsetattr(mqdes, &mqstat);
+ spin_lock(&filp->f_lock);
if (mqstat.mq_flags & O_NONBLOCK)
filp->f_flags |= O_NONBLOCK;
else
filp->f_flags &= ~O_NONBLOCK;
+ spin_unlock(&filp->f_lock);
inode->i_atime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
}