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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/namespace.c | 20 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c index 627db2e031e9..6e9844b8c6fb 100644 --- a/fs/namespace.c +++ b/fs/namespace.c @@ -344,8 +344,24 @@ int __mnt_want_write(struct vfsmount *m) * incremented count after it has set MNT_WRITE_HOLD. */ smp_mb(); - while (READ_ONCE(mnt->mnt.mnt_flags) & MNT_WRITE_HOLD) - cpu_relax(); + might_lock(&mount_lock.lock); + while (READ_ONCE(mnt->mnt.mnt_flags) & MNT_WRITE_HOLD) { + if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT)) { + cpu_relax(); + } else { + /* + * This prevents priority inversion, if the task + * setting MNT_WRITE_HOLD got preempted on a remote + * CPU, and it prevents life lock if the task setting + * MNT_WRITE_HOLD has a lower priority and is bound to + * the same CPU as the task that is spinning here. + */ + preempt_enable(); + lock_mount_hash(); + unlock_mount_hash(); + preempt_disable(); + } + } /* * After the slowpath clears MNT_WRITE_HOLD, mnt_is_readonly will * be set to match its requirements. So we must not load that until |