From: npiggin@suse.de
To: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [patch 5/5] fs: fix bdi writeback use after free 2
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:19:08 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090915192243.247202587@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20090915191903.290006007@suse.de
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work can be gone after wb_clear_pending, so load the sb from it first.
Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
---
fs/fs-writeback.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Index: linux-2.6/fs/fs-writeback.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ linux-2.6/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -783,6 +783,7 @@ long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writebac
while ((work = get_next_work_item(bdi, wb)) != NULL) {
enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode;
+ struct super_block *sb;
nr_pages = work->nr_pages;
@@ -794,6 +795,8 @@ long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writebac
else
sync_mode = work->sync_mode;
+ sb = work->sb;
+
/*
* If this isn't a data integrity operation, just notify
* that we have seen this work and we are now starting it.
@@ -801,7 +804,7 @@ long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writebac
if (sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE)
wb_clear_pending(wb, work);
- wrote += wb_writeback(wb, nr_pages, work->sb, sync_mode, 0);
+ wrote += wb_writeback(wb, nr_pages, sb, sync_mode, 0);
/*
* This is a data integrity writeback, so only do the
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-09-15 19:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-09-15 19:19 [patch 0/5] bdi writeback fixes npiggin
2009-09-15 19:19 ` [patch 1/5] fs: make use of rcu helpers npiggin
2009-09-15 19:31 ` Jens Axboe
2009-09-15 19:19 ` [patch 2/5] fs: improve scalability of bdi writeback work queues npiggin
2009-09-15 19:31 ` Jens Axboe
2009-09-15 19:19 ` [patch 3/5] fs: fix bdi writeback use after free 1 npiggin
2009-09-15 19:32 ` Jens Axboe
2009-09-15 19:19 ` [patch 4/5] fs: fix possible bdi writeback refcounting problem npiggin
2009-09-15 19:30 ` Jens Axboe
2009-09-15 19:19 ` npiggin [this message]
2009-09-15 19:29 ` [patch 5/5] fs: fix bdi writeback use after free 2 Jens Axboe
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