linux/fs/kernfs
Tejun Heo 3db48aca87 kernfs: Simply by replacing kernfs_deref_open_node() with of_on()
kernfs_node->attr.open is an RCU pointer to kernfs_open_node. However, RCU
dereference is currently only used in kernfs_notify(). Everywhere else,
either we're holding the lock which protects it or know that the
kernfs_open_node is pinned becaused we have a pointer to a kernfs_open_file
which is hanging off of it.

kernfs_deref_open_node() is used for the latter case - accessing
kernfs_open_node from kernfs_open_file. The lifetime and visibility rules
are simple and clear here. To someone who can access a kernfs_open_file, its
kernfs_open_node is pinned and visible through of->kn->attr.open.

Replace kernfs_deref_open_node() which simpler of_on(). The former takes
both @kn and @of and RCU deref @kn->attr.open while sanity checking with
@of. The latter takes @of and uses protected deref on of->kn->attr.open.

As the return value can't be NULL, remove the error handling in the callers
too.

This shouldn't cause any functional changes.

Cc: Imran Khan <imran.f.khan@oracle.com>
Tested-by: Chengming Zhou <zhouchengming@bytedance.com>
Reviewed-by: Chengming Zhou <zhouchengming@bytedance.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220828050440.734579-2-tj@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2022-09-01 18:08:43 +02:00
..
dir.c kernfs: fix potential NULL dereference in __kernfs_remove 2022-07-01 10:36:36 +02:00
file.c kernfs: Simply by replacing kernfs_deref_open_node() with of_on() 2022-09-01 18:08:43 +02:00
inode.c kernfs: switch global kernfs_rwsem lock to per-fs lock 2021-11-24 13:55:16 +01:00
Kconfig treewide: Add SPDX license identifier - Makefile/Kconfig 2019-05-21 10:50:46 +02:00
kernfs-internal.h kernfs: Replace global kernfs_open_file_mutex with hashed mutexes. 2022-06-27 16:46:15 +02:00
Makefile treewide: Add SPDX license identifier - Makefile/Kconfig 2019-05-21 10:50:46 +02:00
mount.c kernfs: Replace global kernfs_open_file_mutex with hashed mutexes. 2022-06-27 16:46:15 +02:00
symlink.c kernfs: switch global kernfs_rwsem lock to per-fs lock 2021-11-24 13:55:16 +01:00