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-rw-r--r--kernel/watch_queue.c12
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/watch_queue.c b/kernel/watch_queue.c
index e91cb4c2833f..d0b6b390ee42 100644
--- a/kernel/watch_queue.c
+++ b/kernel/watch_queue.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Red Hat, Inc.");
static inline bool lock_wqueue(struct watch_queue *wqueue)
{
spin_lock_bh(&wqueue->lock);
- if (unlikely(wqueue->defunct)) {
+ if (unlikely(!wqueue->pipe)) {
spin_unlock_bh(&wqueue->lock);
return false;
}
@@ -104,9 +104,6 @@ static bool post_one_notification(struct watch_queue *wqueue,
unsigned int head, tail, mask, note, offset, len;
bool done = false;
- if (!pipe)
- return false;
-
spin_lock_irq(&pipe->rd_wait.lock);
mask = pipe->ring_size - 1;
@@ -603,8 +600,11 @@ void watch_queue_clear(struct watch_queue *wqueue)
rcu_read_lock();
spin_lock_bh(&wqueue->lock);
- /* Prevent new notifications from being stored. */
- wqueue->defunct = true;
+ /*
+ * This pipe can be freed by callers like free_pipe_info().
+ * Removing this reference also prevents new notifications.
+ */
+ wqueue->pipe = NULL;
while (!hlist_empty(&wqueue->watches)) {
watch = hlist_entry(wqueue->watches.first, struct watch, queue_node);