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/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 6e50aaa..c165a64 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -998,8 +998,11 @@
if (!EX_ISSYNC(exp))
stable = 0;
- if (stable && !EX_WGATHER(exp))
+ if (stable && !EX_WGATHER(exp)) {
+ spin_lock(&file->f_lock);
file->f_flags |= O_SYNC;
+ spin_unlock(&file->f_lock);
+ }
/* Write the data. */
oldfs = get_fs(); set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
