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Subject[PATCH v2 2/2] fs: dcache: Use READ_ONCE when accessing i_dir_seq
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i_dir_seq is subject to concurrent modification by a cmpxchg or
store-release operation, so ensure that the relaxed access in
d_alloc_parallel uses READ_ONCE.

Reported-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
---
fs/dcache.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index b243deec298c..5716ab04e1db 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -2502,7 +2502,7 @@ struct dentry *d_alloc_parallel(struct dentry *parent,
}

hlist_bl_lock(b);
- if (unlikely(parent->d_inode->i_dir_seq != seq)) {
+ if (unlikely(READ_ONCE(parent->d_inode->i_dir_seq) != seq)) {
hlist_bl_unlock(b);
rcu_read_unlock();
goto retry;
--
2.1.4
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