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-rw-r--r--fs/configfs/dir.c5
-rw-r--r--fs/configfs/symlink.c8
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fs/configfs/dir.c b/fs/configfs/dir.c
index 2619f48..a08e5c2 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c
@@ -37,10 +37,11 @@
DECLARE_RWSEM(configfs_rename_sem);
/*
* Protects mutations of configfs_dirent linkage together with proper i_mutex
+ * Also protects mutations of symlinks linkage to target configfs_dirent
* Mutators of configfs_dirent linkage must *both* have the proper inode locked
* and configfs_dirent_lock locked, in that order.
- * This allows one to safely traverse configfs_dirent trees without having to
- * lock inodes.
+ * This allows one to safely traverse configfs_dirent trees and symlinks without
+ * having to lock inodes.
*/
DEFINE_SPINLOCK(configfs_dirent_lock);
diff --git a/fs/configfs/symlink.c b/fs/configfs/symlink.c
index 676c84c..faeb441 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/symlink.c
@@ -77,12 +77,15 @@ static int create_link(struct config_item *parent_item,
sl = kmalloc(sizeof(struct configfs_symlink), GFP_KERNEL);
if (sl) {
sl->sl_target = config_item_get(item);
- /* FIXME: needs a lock, I'd bet */
+ spin_lock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
list_add(&sl->sl_list, &target_sd->s_links);
+ spin_unlock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
ret = configfs_create_link(sl, parent_item->ci_dentry,
dentry);
if (ret) {
+ spin_lock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
list_del_init(&sl->sl_list);
+ spin_unlock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
config_item_put(item);
kfree(sl);
}
@@ -186,8 +189,9 @@ int configfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
type->ct_item_ops->drop_link(parent_item,
sl->sl_target);
- /* FIXME: Needs lock */
+ spin_lock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
list_del_init(&sl->sl_list);
+ spin_unlock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
/* Put reference from create_link() */
config_item_put(sl->sl_target);