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authorMiklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>2013-09-05 14:39:11 +0200
committerAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2013-09-05 16:23:50 -0400
commiteed810076685c77dc9a8c5c3593e641c93caed1c (patch)
tree5aba507073b0a7e29dfa0739272dfeda16eb5e29 /fs/namespace.c
parent848ac114e847af3f1f9141c90a39ebe79bdb13b3 (diff)
downloadlinux-eed810076685c77dc9a8c5c3593e641c93caed1c.tar.gz
vfs: check unlinked ancestors before mount
We check submounts before doing d_drop() on a non-empty directory dentry in
NFS (have_submounts()), but we do not exclude a racing mount.  Nor do we
prevent mounts to be added to the disconnected subtree using relative paths
after the d_drop().

This patch fixes these issues by checking for unlinked (unhashed, non-root)
ancestors before proceeding with the mount.  This is done with rename
seqlock taken for write and with ->d_lock grabbed on each ancestor in turn,
including our dentry itself.  This ensures that the only one of
check_submounts_and_drop() or has_unlinked_ancestor() can succeed.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/namespace.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/namespace.c11
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index ad8ea9bc2518..5997887cc64a 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -611,6 +611,7 @@ static struct mountpoint *new_mountpoint(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct list_head *chain = mountpoint_hashtable + hash(NULL, dentry);
 	struct mountpoint *mp;
+	int ret;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(mp, chain, m_hash) {
 		if (mp->m_dentry == dentry) {
@@ -626,14 +627,12 @@ static struct mountpoint *new_mountpoint(struct dentry *dentry)
 	if (!mp)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	if (d_unlinked(dentry)) {
-		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	ret = d_set_mounted(dentry);
+	if (ret) {
 		kfree(mp);
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 	}
-	dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_MOUNTED;
-	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+
 	mp->m_dentry = dentry;
 	mp->m_count = 1;
 	list_add(&mp->m_hash, chain);