* [patch] vfs: ro-bind: fix leaking refcounts in setxattr
@ 2008-04-02 18:01 Miklos Szeredi
2008-04-02 18:26 ` Dave Hansen
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From: Miklos Szeredi @ 2008-04-02 18:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: haveblue; +Cc: viro, linux-fsdevel, linux-kernel
From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz>
setxattr() and lsetxattr() were leaking mount/dentry references on
read-only mount.
Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz>
---
fs/xattr.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Index: vfs-2.6/fs/xattr.c
===================================================================
--- vfs-2.6.orig/fs/xattr.c 2008-04-02 19:53:18.000000000 +0200
+++ vfs-2.6/fs/xattr.c 2008-04-02 19:54:53.000000000 +0200
@@ -263,9 +263,10 @@ sys_setxattr(char __user *path, char __u
return error;
error = mnt_want_write(nd.path.mnt);
if (error)
- return error;
+ goto out_path_put;
error = setxattr(nd.path.dentry, name, value, size, flags);
mnt_drop_write(nd.path.mnt);
+ out_path_put:
path_put(&nd.path);
return error;
}
@@ -282,9 +283,10 @@ sys_lsetxattr(char __user *path, char __
return error;
error = mnt_want_write(nd.path.mnt);
if (error)
- return error;
+ goto out_path_put;
error = setxattr(nd.path.dentry, name, value, size, flags);
mnt_drop_write(nd.path.mnt);
+ out_path_put:
path_put(&nd.path);
return error;
}
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