[PATCH] pipe_rdwr_fasync: fix the error handling to prevent theleak/crash

From: Oleg Nesterov
Date: Sat Jan 17 2009 - 22:29:52 EST


If the second fasync_helper() fails, pipe_rdwr_fasync() returns the error
but leaves the file on ->fasync_readers.

This was always wrong, but since 233e70f4228e78eb2f80dc6650f65d3ae3dbf17c
"saner FASYNC handling on file close" we have the new problem. Because in
this case setfl() doesn't set FASYNC bit, __fput() will not do ->fasync(0),
and we leak fasync_struct with ->fa_file pointing to the freed file.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>

--- CUR/fs/pipe.c~PIPE_FASYNC 2009-01-12 23:07:47.000000000 +0100
+++ CUR/fs/pipe.c 2009-01-18 03:51:41.000000000 +0100
@@ -699,12 +699,13 @@ pipe_rdwr_fasync(int fd, struct file *fi
int retval;

mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
-
retval = fasync_helper(fd, filp, on, &pipe->fasync_readers);

- if (retval >= 0)
+ if (retval >= 0) {
retval = fasync_helper(fd, filp, on, &pipe->fasync_writers);
-
+ if (retval < 0) /* this can happen only if on == T */
+ fasync_helper(-1, filp, 0, &pipe->fasync_readers);
+ }
mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);

if (retval < 0)

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