Re: [PATCH] fs/locks.c fcntl_setlease did not check if a file was opened for writing before granting a read lease

From: Jamie Lokier
Date: Thu Nov 27 2003 - 11:51:45 EST


Joseph D. Wagner wrote:
> But I THINK this is how a patch would fix the problem, in theory.

Sorry, it won't.

> + if ((arg == F_RDLCK)
> + && ((dentry->d_flags & O_WRONLY)
> + || (dentry->d_flags & O_RDWR)
> + || (dentry->d_flags & O_CREAT)
> + || (dentry->d_flags & O_TRUNC)
> + || (inode->i_flags & O_WRONLY)
> + || (inode->i_flags & O_RDWR)
> + || (inode->i_flags & O_CREAT)
> + || (inode->i_flags & O_TRUNC)))
> + goto out_unlock;

dentry->d_flags is a combination of the S_ flags, not O_ flags.
E.g. S_SYNC, S_NOATIME etc.

inode->i_flags is a combination of the DCACHE_ flags.
E.g. DCACHE_AUTOFS_PENDING, DCACHE_REFERENCED tc.

To detect if anyone has the file open for writing, you'll a new count
field which keeps track of writer references. Something like this:

if ((arg == F_RDLCK)
&& ((atomic_read(&inode->i_writer_count) != 0)))

You'll also need to modify all the places where that needs to be
maintained.

Btw, I'm not sure why the F_WRLCK case needs to check d_count and
i_count. Isn't it enough to check d_count? Won't all opens reference
the inode through a dentry?:

> if ((arg == F_WRLCK)
> && ((atomic_read(&dentry->d_count) > 1)
> || (atomic_read(&inode->i_count) > 1)))

-- Jamie
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