GFS2: don't hold s_umount over blkdev_put
authorSteven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
Fri, 6 Dec 2013 11:52:34 +0000 (11:52 +0000)
committerSteven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
Fri, 13 Dec 2013 21:42:03 +0000 (21:42 +0000)
This is a GFS2 version of Tejun's patch:
4f331f01b9c43bf001d3ffee578a97a1e0633eac
vfs: don't hold s_umount over close_bdev_exclusive() call

In this case its blkdev_put itself that is the issue and this
patch uses the same solution of dropping and retaking s_umount.

Reported-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Reported-by: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c

index 82303b4749582cd3c00d402a9f42b9972b1de677..52fa88314f5cdf8ef98ed95e44791a5065cbfccd 100644 (file)
@@ -1366,8 +1366,18 @@ static struct dentry *gfs2_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
        if (IS_ERR(s))
                goto error_bdev;
 
-       if (s->s_root)
+       if (s->s_root) {
+               /*
+                * s_umount nests inside bd_mutex during
+                * __invalidate_device().  blkdev_put() acquires
+                * bd_mutex and can't be called under s_umount.  Drop
+                * s_umount temporarily.  This is safe as we're
+                * holding an active reference.
+                */
+               up_write(&s->s_umount);
                blkdev_put(bdev, mode);
+               down_write(&s->s_umount);
+       }
 
        memset(&args, 0, sizeof(args));
        args.ar_quota = GFS2_QUOTA_DEFAULT;