Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6:
  [PATCH] sanitize locate_fd()
  [PATCH] sanitize unshare_files/reset_files_struct
  [PATCH] sanitize handling of shared descriptor tables in failing execve()
  [PATCH] close race in unshare_files()
  [PATCH] restore sane ->umount_begin() API
  cifs: timeout dfs automounts +little fix.

2 files changed, 26 insertions, 38 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index cece89f80ab4..97f609f574b1 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -507,10 +507,9 @@ void put_files_struct(struct files_struct *files)
 	}
 }
 
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(put_files_struct);
-
-void reset_files_struct(struct task_struct *tsk, struct files_struct *files)
+void reset_files_struct(struct files_struct *files)
 {
+	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
 	struct files_struct *old;
 
 	old = tsk->files;
@@ -519,7 +518,6 @@ void reset_files_struct(struct task_struct *tsk, struct files_struct *files)
 	task_unlock(tsk);
 	put_files_struct(old);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(reset_files_struct);
 
 void exit_files(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 89fe414645e9..efb618fc8ffe 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -805,12 +805,6 @@ static int copy_files(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct * tsk)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Note: we may be using current for both targets (See exec.c)
-	 * This works because we cache current->files (old) as oldf. Don't
-	 * break this.
-	 */
-	tsk->files = NULL;
 	newf = dup_fd(oldf, &error);
 	if (!newf)
 		goto out;
@@ -846,34 +840,6 @@ static int copy_io(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *tsk)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- *	Helper to unshare the files of the current task.
- *	We don't want to expose copy_files internals to
- *	the exec layer of the kernel.
- */
-
-int unshare_files(void)
-{
-	struct files_struct *files  = current->files;
-	int rc;
-
-	BUG_ON(!files);
-
-	/* This can race but the race causes us to copy when we don't
-	   need to and drop the copy */
-	if(atomic_read(&files->count) == 1)
-	{
-		atomic_inc(&files->count);
-		return 0;
-	}
-	rc = copy_files(0, current);
-	if(rc)
-		current->files = files;
-	return rc;
-}
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(unshare_files);
-
 static int copy_sighand(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
 	struct sighand_struct *sig;
@@ -1811,3 +1777,27 @@ bad_unshare_cleanup_thread:
 bad_unshare_out:
 	return err;
 }
+
+/*
+ *	Helper to unshare the files of the current task.
+ *	We don't want to expose copy_files internals to
+ *	the exec layer of the kernel.
+ */
+
+int unshare_files(struct files_struct **displaced)
+{
+	struct task_struct *task = current;
+	struct files_struct *copy;
+	int error;
+
+	error = unshare_fd(CLONE_FILES, &copy);
+	if (error || !copy) {
+		*displaced = NULL;
+		return error;
+	}
+	*displaced = task->files;
+	task_lock(task);
+	task->files = copy;
+	task_unlock(task);
+	return 0;
+}