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ocfs2: release page lock before calling ->page_mkwrite

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__do_fault() was calling ->page_mkwrite() with the page lock held, which
violates the locking rules for that callback.  Release and retake the page
lock around the callback to avoid deadlocking file systems which manually
take it.

Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com>
Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Mark Fasheh 2007-07-19 01:47:00 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 54cb8821de
commit 6967614761
1 changed files with 9 additions and 5 deletions
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@ -2369,11 +2369,14 @@ static int __do_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
* address space wants to know that the page is about * address space wants to know that the page is about
* to become writable * to become writable
*/ */
if (vma->vm_ops->page_mkwrite && if (vma->vm_ops->page_mkwrite) {
vma->vm_ops->page_mkwrite(vma, page) < 0) { unlock_page(page);
if (vma->vm_ops->page_mkwrite(vma, page) < 0) {
fdata.type = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS; fdata.type = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
anon = 1; /* no anon but release faulted_page */ anon = 1; /* no anon but release faulted_page */
goto out; goto out_unlocked;
}
lock_page(page);
} }
} }
@ -2425,6 +2428,7 @@ static int __do_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
out: out:
unlock_page(faulted_page); unlock_page(faulted_page);
out_unlocked:
if (anon) if (anon)
page_cache_release(faulted_page); page_cache_release(faulted_page);
else if (dirty_page) { else if (dirty_page) {