On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 01:00:01PM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> I'll get there, I know!
>
> This patch fixes a race found by Ram in mark_mounts_for_expiry() in
> fs/namespace.c.
>
> The bug can only be triggered with simultaneous exiting of a process
> having a private namespace, and expiry of a mount from within that
> namespace. It's practically impossible to trigger, and I haven't even
> tried. But still, a bug is a bug.
>
> The race happens when put_namespace() is called by another task, while
> mark_mounts_for_expiry() is between atomic_read() and get_namespace().
> In that case get_namespace() will be called on an already dead
> namespace with unforeseeable results.
ACK, provided that situation with extern vfsmount_lock is sorted out.
There's no need to declare it in namespace.h; it's already done in
mount.h and namespace.h includes the sucker.
IOW, lose that extern in namespace.h and you've got an ACK.
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