[PATCH] namespace.c: fix expiring of detached mount This patch fixes a bug noticed by Al Viro: However, we still have a problem here - just what would happen if vfsmount is detached while we were grabbing namespace semaphore? Refcount alone is not useful here - we might be held by whoever had detached the vfsmount. IOW, we should check that it's still attached (i.e. that mnt->mnt_parent != mnt). If it's not - just leave it alone, do mntput() and let whoever holds it deal with the sucker. No need to put it back on lists. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Cc: <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c index d82cf18..2b4635e 100644 --- a/fs/namespace.c +++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -830,6 +830,15 @@ spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock); /* + * Check if mount is still attached, if not, let whoever holds it deal + * with the sucker + */ + if (mnt->mnt_parent == mnt) { + spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock); + return; + } + + /* * Check that it is still dead: the count should now be 2 - as * contributed by the vfsmount parent and the mntget above */