[PATCH] file locking memory leak

From: Matthew Wilcox
Date: Fri Sep 12 2003 - 15:16:23 EST



This patch fixes a memory leak in the file locking code. Each attempt
to unlock a file would result in the leak of a file lock. Many thanks
to Martin Josefsson for providing the testcase which enabled me to figure
out the problem.

Index: fs/locks.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvs/linux-2.6/fs/locks.c,v
retrieving revision 1.1
diff -u -p -r1.1 locks.c
--- fs/locks.c 29 Jul 2003 17:01:37 -0000 1.1
+++ fs/locks.c 12 Sep 2003 19:07:38 -0000
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ void locks_copy_lock(struct file_lock *n
static inline int flock_translate_cmd(int cmd) {
if (cmd & LOCK_MAND)
return cmd & (LOCK_MAND | LOCK_RW);
- switch (cmd &~ LOCK_NB) {
+ switch (cmd) {
case LOCK_SH:
return F_RDLCK;
case LOCK_EX:
@@ -233,8 +233,8 @@ static inline int flock_translate_cmd(in
}

/* Fill in a file_lock structure with an appropriate FLOCK lock. */
-static int flock_make_lock(struct file *filp,
- struct file_lock **lock, unsigned int cmd)
+static int flock_make_lock(struct file *filp, struct file_lock **lock,
+ unsigned int cmd)
{
struct file_lock *fl;
int type = flock_translate_cmd(cmd);
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ static int flock_make_lock(struct file *

fl->fl_file = filp;
fl->fl_pid = current->tgid;
- fl->fl_flags = (cmd & LOCK_NB) ? FL_FLOCK : FL_FLOCK | FL_SLEEP;
+ fl->fl_flags = FL_FLOCK;
fl->fl_type = type;
fl->fl_end = OFFSET_MAX;

@@ -1298,6 +1298,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_flock(unsigned int f
{
struct file *filp;
struct file_lock *lock;
+ int can_sleep, unlock;
int error;

error = -EBADF;
@@ -1305,12 +1306,18 @@ asmlinkage long sys_flock(unsigned int f
if (!filp)
goto out;

- if ((cmd != LOCK_UN) && !(cmd & LOCK_MAND) && !(filp->f_mode & 3))
+ can_sleep = !(cmd & LOCK_NB);
+ cmd &= ~LOCK_NB;
+ unlock = (cmd == LOCK_UN);
+
+ if (!unlock && !(cmd & LOCK_MAND) && !(filp->f_mode & 3))
goto out_putf;

error = flock_make_lock(filp, &lock, cmd);
if (error)
goto out_putf;
+ if (can_sleep)
+ lock->fl_flags |= FL_SLEEP;

error = security_file_lock(filp, cmd);
if (error)
@@ -1318,7 +1325,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_flock(unsigned int f

for (;;) {
error = flock_lock_file(filp, lock);
- if ((error != -EAGAIN) || (cmd & LOCK_NB))
+ if ((error != -EAGAIN) || !can_sleep)
break;
error = wait_event_interruptible(lock->fl_wait, !lock->fl_next);
if (!error)
@@ -1329,7 +1336,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_flock(unsigned int f
}

out_free:
- if (error) {
+ if (unlock || error) {
locks_free_lock(lock);
}


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