Re: [PATCH] cgroup: fix cgroup_path() vs rename() race

[Tejun Heo]

On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 03:09:59PM +0800, Li Zefan wrote:
> rename() will change dentry->d_name. The result of this race can
> be worse than seeing partially rewritten name, but we might access
> a stale pointer because rename() will re-allocate memory to hold
> a longer name.
> 
> Use dentry_path_raw(), and this vfs API will take care of lockings.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizefan@xxxxxxxxxx>

Urgh... why do we even support rename?  :(

Applying to cgroup/for-3.8-fixes w/ stable cc'd.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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