mnt_drop_write() must be called only if mnt_want_write() succeeded, otherwise the mnt_writers counter will diverge.
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Davydov <vdavy...@parallels.com> Cc: Doug Ledford <dledf...@redhat.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <a...@linux-foundation.org> Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motoh...@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebied...@xmission.com> --- ipc/mqueue.c | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c index e5c4f60..3953fda 100644 --- a/ipc/mqueue.c +++ b/ipc/mqueue.c @@ -840,7 +840,8 @@ out_putfd: fd = error; } mutex_unlock(&root->d_inode->i_mutex); - mnt_drop_write(mnt); + if (!ro) + mnt_drop_write(mnt); out_putname: putname(name); return fd; -- 1.7.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/