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Commit db1dd4d3 authored by Jonathan Corbet's avatar Jonathan Corbet
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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: default avatarChristoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
parent 68499914
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