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| author | Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2011-03-23 22:23:06 +0100 |
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| committer | Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2012-09-07 20:57:27 +0200 |
| commit | 2ab51f3721f7abdf92d89cb79d3d6c0062ddc14b (patch) | |
| tree | 75ffb5798218e106f20560ca9b13a17924cb77c9 /fs/xattr.c | |
| parent | Yama: handle 32-bit userspace prctl (diff) | |
| download | linux-2ab51f3721f7abdf92d89cb79d3d6c0062ddc14b.tar.xz linux-2ab51f3721f7abdf92d89cb79d3d6c0062ddc14b.zip | |
vfs: extend vfs_removexattr locking
This patch takes the i_mutex lock before security_inode_removexattr(),
instead of after, in preparation of calling ima_inode_removexattr().
Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@nokia.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/xattr.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/xattr.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c index 4d45b7189e7e..107f457143c3 100644 --- a/fs/xattr.c +++ b/fs/xattr.c @@ -295,11 +295,13 @@ vfs_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name) if (error) return error; + mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex); error = security_inode_removexattr(dentry, name); - if (error) + if (error) { + mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex); return error; + } - mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex); error = inode->i_op->removexattr(dentry, name); mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex); |