[RFC][PATCH] devpts: Must release s_umount on error

[Sukadev Bhattiprolu]

From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:57:12 -0800
Subject: [RFC][PATCH] devpts: Must release s_umount on error

We should drop the ->s_umount mutex if an error occurs after the
sget()/grab_super() call. This was introduced when adding support
for multiple instances of devpts and noticed during a code review/reorg.

Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/devpts/inode.c |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/devpts/inode.c b/fs/devpts/inode.c
index d008105..ad186b4 100644
--- a/fs/devpts/inode.c
+++ b/fs/devpts/inode.c
@@ -390,6 +390,7 @@ static int new_pts_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
 
 fail:
 	dput(mnt->mnt_sb->s_root);
+	up_write(&mnt->mnt_sb->s_umount);
 	deactivate_super(mnt->mnt_sb);
 	return err;
 }
@@ -479,6 +480,7 @@ static int init_pts_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
 	err = mknod_ptmx(mnt->mnt_sb);
 	if (err) {
 		dput(mnt->mnt_sb->s_root);
+		up_write(&mnt->mnt_sb->s_umount);
 		deactivate_super(mnt->mnt_sb);
 	}
 
-- 
1.5.2.5

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