[PATCH v2 01/11] vfs: extend vfs_removexattr locking
From: Mimi Zohar <hidden>
Date: 2012-03-01 19:14:47
Also in:
lkml
Subsystem:
filesystems (vfs and infrastructure), the rest · Maintainers:
Alexander Viro, Christian Brauner, Linus Torvalds
This patch takes the i_mutex lock before security_inode_removexattr(), instead of after, in preparation of calling ima_inode_removexattr(). Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <redacted> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kasatkin <redacted> --- fs/xattr.c | 6 ++++-- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index 82f4337..6112c92 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c@@ -294,11 +294,13 @@ vfs_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name) if (error) return error; + mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex); error = security_inode_removexattr(dentry, name); - if (error) + if (error) { + mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex); return error; + } - mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex); error = inode->i_op->removexattr(dentry, name); mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
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