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anon_inodes: use fops->owner for module refcount
There is an imbalance for anonymous inodes. If the fops->owner field is set,
the module reference count of owner is decreases on release.
("filp_close" --> "__fput" ---> "fops_put")
On the other hand, anon_inode_getfd does not increase the module reference
count of owner. This causes two problems:
- if owner is set, the module refcount goes negative
- if owner is not set, the module can be unloaded while code is running
This patch changes anon_inode_getfd to be symmetric regarding fops->owner
handling.
I have checked all existing users of anon_inode_getfd. Noone sets fops->owner,
thats why nobody has seen the module refcount negative. The refcounting was
tested with a patched and unpatched KVM module.(see patch 2/2) I also did an
epoll_open/close test.
Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
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@@ -79,9 +79,12 @@ int anon_inode_getfd(const char *name, const struct file_operations *fops,
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if (IS_ERR(anon_inode_inode))
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return -ENODEV;
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if (fops->owner && !try_module_get(fops->owner))
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return -ENOENT;
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error = get_unused_fd_flags(flags);
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if (error < 0)
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return error;
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goto err_module;
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fd = error;
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/*
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@@ -128,6 +131,8 @@ err_dput:
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dput(dentry);
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err_put_unused_fd:
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put_unused_fd(fd);
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err_module:
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module_put(fops->owner);
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return error;
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}
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EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(anon_inode_getfd);
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