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-rw-r--r--fs/inode.c42
-rw-r--r--fs/internal.h2
-rw-r--r--fs/namei.c4
3 files changed, 46 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 577799b7855f..b9d498032270 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1104,6 +1104,48 @@ void discard_new_inode(struct inode *inode)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(discard_new_inode);
/**
+ * lock_two_inodes - lock two inodes (may be regular files but also dirs)
+ *
+ * Lock any non-NULL argument. The caller must make sure that if he is passing
+ * in two directories, one is not ancestor of the other. Zero, one or two
+ * objects may be locked by this function.
+ *
+ * @inode1: first inode to lock
+ * @inode2: second inode to lock
+ * @subclass1: inode lock subclass for the first lock obtained
+ * @subclass2: inode lock subclass for the second lock obtained
+ */
+void lock_two_inodes(struct inode *inode1, struct inode *inode2,
+ unsigned subclass1, unsigned subclass2)
+{
+ if (!inode1 || !inode2) {
+ /*
+ * Make sure @subclass1 will be used for the acquired lock.
+ * This is not strictly necessary (no current caller cares) but
+ * let's keep things consistent.
+ */
+ if (!inode1)
+ swap(inode1, inode2);
+ goto lock;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * If one object is directory and the other is not, we must make sure
+ * to lock directory first as the other object may be its child.
+ */
+ if (S_ISDIR(inode2->i_mode) == S_ISDIR(inode1->i_mode)) {
+ if (inode1 > inode2)
+ swap(inode1, inode2);
+ } else if (!S_ISDIR(inode1->i_mode))
+ swap(inode1, inode2);
+lock:
+ if (inode1)
+ inode_lock_nested(inode1, subclass1);
+ if (inode2 && inode2 != inode1)
+ inode_lock_nested(inode2, subclass2);
+}
+
+/**
* lock_two_nondirectories - take two i_mutexes on non-directory objects
*
* Lock any non-NULL argument that is not a directory.
diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index bd3b2810a36b..377030a50aca 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ extern long prune_icache_sb(struct super_block *sb, struct shrink_control *sc);
int dentry_needs_remove_privs(struct mnt_idmap *, struct dentry *dentry);
bool in_group_or_capable(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
const struct inode *inode, vfsgid_t vfsgid);
+void lock_two_inodes(struct inode *inode1, struct inode *inode2,
+ unsigned subclass1, unsigned subclass2);
/*
* fs-writeback.c
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index e4fe0879ae55..148570aabe74 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -3028,8 +3028,8 @@ static struct dentry *lock_two_directories(struct dentry *p1, struct dentry *p2)
return p;
}
- inode_lock_nested(p1->d_inode, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
- inode_lock_nested(p2->d_inode, I_MUTEX_PARENT2);
+ lock_two_inodes(p1->d_inode, p2->d_inode,
+ I_MUTEX_PARENT, I_MUTEX_PARENT2);
return NULL;
}