What happens there is that we are replacing file->path.mnt of a file we'd just opened with a clone and we need the write count contribution to be transferred from original mount to new one. That's it. We do *NOT* want any kind of freeze protection for the duration of switchover. IOW, we should just use __mnt_{want,drop}_write() for that switchover; no need to bother with mnt_{want,drop}_write() there. Tested-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Reported-by: syzbot+2a73a6ea9507b7112141@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Linux kernel ============ There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/ There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.
Description
Languages
C
97.6%
Assembly
1%
Shell
0.5%
Python
0.3%
Makefile
0.3%