kernfs: fix locking around kernfs_ops->release() callback

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The release callback may be called from two places - file release
operation and kernfs open file draining.  kernfs_open_file->mutex is
used to synchronize the two callsites.  This unfortunately leads to
possible circular locking because of->mutex is used to protect the
usual kernfs operations which may use locking constructs which are
held while removing and thus draining kernfs files.

@of->mutex is for synchronizing concurrent kernfs access operations
and all we need here is synchronization between the releaes and drain
paths.  As the drain path has to grab kernfs_open_file_mutex anyway,
let's use the mutex to synchronize the release operation instead.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Reported-and-tested-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>
Fixes: 0e67db2f9f ("kernfs: add kernfs_ops->open/release() callbacks")
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

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Tejun Heo 2017-02-12 05:33:02 +09:00

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