Use f_lock to protect f_flags
Traditionally, changes to struct file->f_flags have been done under BKL protection, or with no protection at all. This patch causes all f_flags changes after file open/creation time to be done under protection of f_lock. This allows the removal of some BKL usage and fixes a number of longstanding (if microscopic) races. Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Cc: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ struct file {
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#define f_dentry f_path.dentry
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#define f_vfsmnt f_path.mnt
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const struct file_operations *f_op;
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spinlock_t f_lock; /* f_ep_links */
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spinlock_t f_lock; /* f_ep_links, f_flags */
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atomic_long_t f_count;
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unsigned int f_flags;
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fmode_t f_mode;
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