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authorCasey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>2008-06-02 10:04:32 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-06-04 08:50:43 -0700
commite97dcb0eadbb821eccd549d4987b653cf61e2374 (patch)
tree0dc9cddcac54dcdc35f7e1ddf6e190947ec86320 /security
parent246dd412d31e4f5de1d43aa6422a325b785f36e4 (diff)
Smack: fuse mount hang fix
The d_instantiate hook for Smack can hang on the root inode of a filesystem if the file system code has not really done all the set-up. Fuse is known to encounter this problem. This change detects an attempt to instantiate a root inode and addresses it early in the processing, before any attempt is made to do something that might hang. Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> Tested-by: Luiz Fernando N. Capitulino <lcapitulino@mandriva.com.br> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'security')
-rw-r--r--security/smack/smack_lsm.c12
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
index b5c8f923700..4a09293efa0 100644
--- a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
+++ b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
@@ -1881,6 +1881,18 @@ static void smack_d_instantiate(struct dentry *opt_dentry, struct inode *inode)
final = sbsp->smk_default;
/*
+ * If this is the root inode the superblock
+ * may be in the process of initialization.
+ * If that is the case use the root value out
+ * of the superblock.
+ */
+ if (opt_dentry->d_parent == opt_dentry) {
+ isp->smk_inode = sbsp->smk_root;
+ isp->smk_flags |= SMK_INODE_INSTANT;
+ goto unlockandout;
+ }
+
+ /*
* This is pretty hackish.
* Casey says that we shouldn't have to do
* file system specific code, but it does help