Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752588Ab3IJVEe (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Sep 2013 17:04:34 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:44970 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751988Ab3IJVEc (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Sep 2013 17:04:32 -0400 Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 17:04:25 -0400 From: Dave Jones To: Linus Torvalds , Al Viro , Linux Kernel Subject: Re: lock held returning to user space (i_mutex_dir_key) Message-ID: <20130910210425.GB15371@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Linus Torvalds , Al Viro , Linux Kernel References: <20130910210237.GA15371@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130910210237.GA15371@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1384 Lines: 44 On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 05:02:37PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > ================================================ > [ BUG: lock held when returning to user space! ] > 3.11.0+ #64 Not tainted > ------------------------------------------------ > trinity-child2/8333 is leaving the kernel with locks still held! > 1 lock held by trinity-child2/8333: > #0: (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3){+.+.+.}, at: [] mountpoint_last+0x4e/0x1a0 This perhaps ? -- Add missing unlocks to error paths of mountpoint_last. Signed-off-by: Dave Jones diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 409a441..5a91474 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -2271,12 +2271,15 @@ mountpoint_last(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path) dentry = d_alloc(dir, &nd->last); if (!dentry) { error = -ENOMEM; + mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex); goto out; } dentry = lookup_real(dir->d_inode, dentry, nd->flags); error = PTR_ERR(dentry); - if (IS_ERR(dentry)) + if (IS_ERR(dentry)) { + mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex); goto out; + } } mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/