Al Viro pointed out that dput() might sleep and must not be invoked
within an RCU section.
Keep only find_next_ancestor() winthin the RCU section.
Correct the wording in the comment.
Fixes: 6ef5b6fae3040 ("kernfs: Drop kernfs_rwsem while invoking lookup_positive_unlocked().")
Reported-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250221084232.xksA_IQ4@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
root = kernfs_root(kn);
/*
* As long as kn is valid, its parent can not vanish. This is cgroup's
- * kn so it not have its parent replaced. Therefore it is safe to use
+ * kn so it can't have its parent replaced. Therefore it is safe to use
* the ancestor node outside of the RCU or locked section.
*/
if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!(root->flags & KERNFS_ROOT_INVARIANT_PARENT)))
return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
scoped_guard(rcu) {
knparent = find_next_ancestor(kn, NULL);
- if (WARN_ON(!knparent)) {
- dput(dentry);
- return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
- }
+ }
+ if (WARN_ON(!knparent)) {
+ dput(dentry);
+ return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
}
do {