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diff --git a/fs/configfs/dir.c b/fs/configfs/dir.c
index 3873ac10b68c..8fd032ad6920 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c
@@ -1171,6 +1171,79 @@ void configfs_undepend_item(struct config_item *target)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(configfs_undepend_item);
+/*
+ * caller_subsys is a caller's subsystem not target's. This is used to
+ * determine if we should lock root and check subsys or not. When we are
+ * in the same subsystem as our target there is no need to do locking as
+ * we know that subsys is valid and is not unregistered during this function
+ * as we are called from callback of one of his children and VFS holds a lock
+ * on some inode. Otherwise we have to lock our root to ensure that target's
+ * subsystem it is not unregistered during this function.
+ */
+int configfs_depend_item_unlocked(struct configfs_subsystem *caller_subsys,
+ struct config_item *target)
+{
+ struct configfs_subsystem *target_subsys;
+ struct config_group *root, *parent;
+ struct configfs_dirent *subsys_sd;
+ int ret = -ENOENT;
+
+ /* Disallow this function for configfs root */
+ if (configfs_is_root(target))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ parent = target->ci_group;
+ /*
+ * This may happen when someone is trying to depend root
+ * directory of some subsystem
+ */
+ if (configfs_is_root(&parent->cg_item)) {
+ target_subsys = to_configfs_subsystem(to_config_group(target));
+ root = parent;
+ } else {
+ target_subsys = parent->cg_subsys;
+ /* Find a cofnigfs root as we may need it for locking */
+ for (root = parent; !configfs_is_root(&root->cg_item);
+ root = root->cg_item.ci_group)
+ ;
+ }
+
+ if (target_subsys != caller_subsys) {
+ /*
+ * We are in other configfs subsystem, so we have to do
+ * additional locking to prevent other subsystem from being
+ * unregistered
+ */
+ mutex_lock(&d_inode(root->cg_item.ci_dentry)->i_mutex);
+
+ /*
+ * As we are trying to depend item from other subsystem
+ * we have to check if this subsystem is still registered
+ */
+ subsys_sd = configfs_find_subsys_dentry(
+ root->cg_item.ci_dentry->d_fsdata,
+ &target_subsys->su_group.cg_item);
+ if (!subsys_sd)
+ goto out_root_unlock;
+ } else {
+ subsys_sd = target_subsys->su_group.cg_item.ci_dentry->d_fsdata;
+ }
+
+ /* Now we can execute core of depend item */
+ ret = configfs_do_depend_item(subsys_sd->s_dentry, target);
+
+ if (target_subsys != caller_subsys)
+out_root_unlock:
+ /*
+ * We were called from subsystem other than our target so we
+ * took some locks so now it's time to release them
+ */
+ mutex_unlock(&d_inode(root->cg_item.ci_dentry)->i_mutex);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(configfs_depend_item_unlocked);
+
static int configfs_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
{
int ret = 0;