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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/inotify_user.c | 27 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/asm-x86/uaccess_64.h | 1 |
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/fs/inotify_user.c b/fs/inotify_user.c index 60249429a25..d85c7d931cd 100644 --- a/fs/inotify_user.c +++ b/fs/inotify_user.c @@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ out: } /* - * remove_kevent - cleans up and ultimately frees the given kevent + * remove_kevent - cleans up the given kevent * * Caller must hold dev->ev_mutex. */ @@ -334,7 +334,13 @@ static void remove_kevent(struct inotify_device *dev, dev->event_count--; dev->queue_size -= sizeof(struct inotify_event) + kevent->event.len; +} +/* + * free_kevent - frees the given kevent. + */ +static void free_kevent(struct inotify_kernel_event *kevent) +{ kfree(kevent->name); kmem_cache_free(event_cachep, kevent); } @@ -350,6 +356,7 @@ static void inotify_dev_event_dequeue(struct inotify_device *dev) struct inotify_kernel_event *kevent; kevent = inotify_dev_get_event(dev); remove_kevent(dev, kevent); + free_kevent(kevent); } } @@ -433,17 +440,15 @@ static ssize_t inotify_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, dev = file->private_data; while (1) { - int events; prepare_to_wait(&dev->wq, &wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); mutex_lock(&dev->ev_mutex); - events = !list_empty(&dev->events); - mutex_unlock(&dev->ev_mutex); - if (events) { + if (!list_empty(&dev->events)) { ret = 0; break; } + mutex_unlock(&dev->ev_mutex); if (file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) { ret = -EAGAIN; @@ -462,7 +467,6 @@ static ssize_t inotify_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, if (ret) return ret; - mutex_lock(&dev->ev_mutex); while (1) { struct inotify_kernel_event *kevent; @@ -481,6 +485,13 @@ static ssize_t inotify_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, } break; } + remove_kevent(dev, kevent); + + /* + * Must perform the copy_to_user outside the mutex in order + * to avoid a lock order reversal with mmap_sem. + */ + mutex_unlock(&dev->ev_mutex); if (copy_to_user(buf, &kevent->event, event_size)) { ret = -EFAULT; @@ -498,7 +509,9 @@ static ssize_t inotify_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, count -= kevent->event.len; } - remove_kevent(dev, kevent); + free_kevent(kevent); + + mutex_lock(&dev->ev_mutex); } mutex_unlock(&dev->ev_mutex); diff --git a/include/asm-x86/uaccess_64.h b/include/asm-x86/uaccess_64.h index 515d4dce96b..45806d60bcb 100644 --- a/include/asm-x86/uaccess_64.h +++ b/include/asm-x86/uaccess_64.h @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ #include <linux/compiler.h> #include <linux/errno.h> #include <linux/prefetch.h> +#include <linux/lockdep.h> #include <asm/page.h> /* |