[PATCH] Smack: fuse mount hang fix

[Casey Schaufler]

From: Casey Schaufler <casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

The d_instantiate hook for Smack can hang on the root
inode of a filesystem if the file system code has not
really done all the set-up. Fuse is known to encounter
this problem. This change detects an attempt to
instantiate a root inode and addresses it early in the
processing, before any attempt is made to do something
that might hang.

Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---

security/smack/smack_lsm.c |   12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff -uprN -X linux-2.6.25-g0530-base/Documentation/dontdiff linux-2.6.25-g0530-base/security/smack/smack_lsm.c linux-2.6.25-g0530/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
--- linux-2.6.25-g0530-base/security/smack/smack_lsm.c	2008-06-01 14:41:06.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.25-g0530/security/smack/smack_lsm.c	2008-06-01 20:29:57.000000000 -0700
@@ -1881,6 +1881,18 @@ static void smack_d_instantiate(struct d
	final = sbsp->smk_default;

	/*
+	 * If this is the root inode the superblock
+	 * may be in the process of initialization.
+	 * If that is the case use the root value out
+	 * of the superblock.
+	 */
+	if (opt_dentry->d_parent == opt_dentry) {
+		isp->smk_inode = sbsp->smk_root;
+		isp->smk_flags |= SMK_INODE_INSTANT;
+		goto unlockandout;
+	}
+
+	/*
	 * This is pretty hackish.
	 * Casey says that we shouldn't have to do
	 * file system specific code, but it does help




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