From 76398425bb06b07cc3a3b1ce169c67dc9d6874ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonathan Corbet Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2009 14:26:59 -0700 Subject: Move FASYNC bit handling to f_op->fasync() Removing the BKL from FASYNC handling ran into the challenge of keeping the setting of the FASYNC bit in filp->f_flags atomic with regard to calls to the underlying fasync() function. Andi Kleen suggested moving the handling of that bit into fasync(); this patch does exactly that. As a result, we have a couple of internal API changes: fasync() must now manage the FASYNC bit, and it will be called without the BKL held. As it happens, every fasync() implementation in the kernel with one exception calls fasync_helper(). So, if we make fasync_helper() set the FASYNC bit, we can avoid making any changes to the other fasync() functions - as long as those functions, themselves, have proper locking. Most fasync() implementations do nothing but call fasync_helper() - which has its own lock - so they are easily verified as correct. The BKL had already been pushed down into the rest. The networking code has its own version of fasync_helper(), so that code has been augmented with explicit FASYNC bit handling. Cc: Al Viro Cc: David Miller Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet --- fs/ioctl.c | 13 +------------ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 12 deletions(-) (limited to 'fs/ioctl.c') diff --git a/fs/ioctl.c b/fs/ioctl.c index 421aab465da..e8e89edba57 100644 --- a/fs/ioctl.c +++ b/fs/ioctl.c @@ -427,19 +427,11 @@ static int ioctl_fioasync(unsigned int fd, struct file *filp, /* Did FASYNC state change ? */ if ((flag ^ filp->f_flags) & FASYNC) { if (filp->f_op && filp->f_op->fasync) + /* fasync() adjusts filp->f_flags */ error = filp->f_op->fasync(fd, filp, on); else error = -ENOTTY; } - if (error) - return error; - - spin_lock(&filp->f_lock); - if (on) - filp->f_flags |= FASYNC; - else - filp->f_flags &= ~FASYNC; - spin_unlock(&filp->f_lock); return error; } @@ -507,10 +499,7 @@ int do_vfs_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int fd, unsigned int cmd, break; case FIOASYNC: - /* BKL needed to avoid races tweaking f_flags */ - lock_kernel(); error = ioctl_fioasync(fd, filp, argp); - unlock_kernel(); break; case FIOQSIZE: -- cgit v1.2.3