Re: [PATCH v2] Fix i_mutex handling in nfsd readdir

["J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org>]

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 01:41:46PM +0900, hooanon05@yahoo.co.jp wrote:
> 
> David Woodhouse:
> > This patch fixes it by locking the directory's i_mutex again before
> > calling the filldir functions. The original deadlocks which commit
> 	:::
> 
> An entry may be removed between the first mutex_unlock and the second
> mutex_lock. In this case, lookup_one_len() in compose_entry_fh() will
> return a negative dentry.
> Currently the inode test (positive/negative) is done AFTER fh_compose().
> Isn't it better to test it BEFORE fh_compose()?
> 
> compose_entry_fh()
> {
> 	:::
> 		dchild = lookup_one_len(name, dparent, namlen);
> 	if (IS_ERR(dchild))
> 		return 1;
> 	if (d_mountpoint(dchild) ||
> 	    fh_compose(fhp, exp, dchild, &cd->fh) != 0 ||
> 	    !dchild->d_inode)
> 		rv = 1;
> 	:::
> }

Yes, I think you're right.

Arrrgh.

--b.