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1 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 17a819151b9..c4342a01997 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -13,14 +13,26 @@
#include "sysfs.h"
DECLARE_RWSEM(sysfs_rename_sem);
+spinlock_t sysfs_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
static void sysfs_d_iput(struct dentry * dentry, struct inode * inode)
{
struct sysfs_dirent * sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
if (sd) {
- BUG_ON(sd->s_dentry != dentry);
- sd->s_dentry = NULL;
+ /* sd->s_dentry is protected with sysfs_lock. This
+ * allows sysfs_drop_dentry() to dereference it.
+ */
+ spin_lock(&sysfs_lock);
+
+ /* The dentry might have been deleted or another
+ * lookup could have happened updating sd->s_dentry to
+ * point the new dentry. Ignore if it isn't pointing
+ * to this dentry.
+ */
+ if (sd->s_dentry == dentry)
+ sd->s_dentry = NULL;
+ spin_unlock(&sysfs_lock);
sysfs_put(sd);
}
iput(inode);
@@ -247,7 +259,10 @@ static int sysfs_attach_attr(struct sysfs_dirent * sd, struct dentry * dentry)
}
dentry->d_fsdata = sysfs_get(sd);
+ /* protect sd->s_dentry against sysfs_d_iput */
+ spin_lock(&sysfs_lock);
sd->s_dentry = dentry;
+ spin_unlock(&sysfs_lock);
error = sysfs_create(dentry, (attr->mode & S_IALLUGO) | S_IFREG, init);
if (error) {
sysfs_put(sd);
@@ -269,7 +284,10 @@ static int sysfs_attach_link(struct sysfs_dirent * sd, struct dentry * dentry)
int err = 0;
dentry->d_fsdata = sysfs_get(sd);
+ /* protect sd->s_dentry against sysfs_d_iput */
+ spin_lock(&sysfs_lock);
sd->s_dentry = dentry;
+ spin_unlock(&sysfs_lock);
err = sysfs_create(dentry, S_IFLNK|S_IRWXUGO, init_symlink);
if (!err) {
dentry->d_op = &sysfs_dentry_ops;