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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/fs.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/fs.h | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index c3f46e499dd0..22ae79650b82 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -1914,6 +1914,12 @@ static inline int break_lease(struct inode *inode, unsigned int mode) static inline int break_deleg(struct inode *inode, unsigned int mode) { + /* + * Since this check is lockless, we must ensure that any refcounts + * taken are done before checking inode->i_flock. Otherwise, we could + * end up racing with tasks trying to set a new lease on this file. + */ + smp_mb(); if (inode->i_flock) return __break_lease(inode, mode, FL_DELEG); return 0; |