[PATCH 04/19] btrfs: Push mnt_want_write() outside of i_mutex

From: Jan Kara
Date: Mon Mar 05 2012 - 11:05:36 EST


When mnt_want_write() starts to handle freezing it will get a full lock
semantics requiring proper lock ordering. So push mnt_want_write() call
consistently outside of i_mutex.

CC: Chris Mason <chris.mason@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: linux-btrfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
---
fs/btrfs/ioctl.c | 23 +++++++++++------------
1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 03bb62a..c855e55 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -192,6 +192,10 @@ static int btrfs_ioctl_setflags(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
if (!inode_owner_or_capable(inode))
return -EACCES;

+ ret = mnt_want_write_file(file);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);

ip_oldflags = ip->flags;
@@ -206,10 +210,6 @@ static int btrfs_ioctl_setflags(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
}
}

- ret = mnt_want_write_file(file);
- if (ret)
- goto out_unlock;
-
if (flags & FS_SYNC_FL)
ip->flags |= BTRFS_INODE_SYNC;
else
@@ -271,9 +271,9 @@ static int btrfs_ioctl_setflags(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
inode->i_flags = i_oldflags;
}

- mnt_drop_write_file(file);
out_unlock:
mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+ mnt_drop_write_file(file);
return ret;
}

@@ -624,6 +624,10 @@ static noinline int btrfs_mksubvol(struct path *parent,
struct dentry *dentry;
int error;

+ error = mnt_want_write(parent->mnt);
+ if (error)
+ return error;
+
mutex_lock_nested(&dir->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);

dentry = lookup_one_len(name, parent->dentry, namelen);
@@ -635,13 +639,9 @@ static noinline int btrfs_mksubvol(struct path *parent,
if (dentry->d_inode)
goto out_dput;

- error = mnt_want_write(parent->mnt);
- if (error)
- goto out_dput;
-
error = btrfs_may_create(dir, dentry);
if (error)
- goto out_drop_write;
+ goto out_dput;

down_read(&BTRFS_I(dir)->root->fs_info->subvol_sem);

@@ -659,12 +659,11 @@ static noinline int btrfs_mksubvol(struct path *parent,
fsnotify_mkdir(dir, dentry);
out_up_read:
up_read(&BTRFS_I(dir)->root->fs_info->subvol_sem);
-out_drop_write:
- mnt_drop_write(parent->mnt);
out_dput:
dput(dentry);
out_unlock:
mutex_unlock(&dir->i_mutex);
+ mnt_drop_write(parent->mnt);
return error;
}

--
1.7.1

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