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author | Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> | 2005-07-07 20:57:22 -0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2005-07-07 21:23:51 -0400 |
commit | 202322e6f7cd12e82b5ff0fa92bbdf517fcf0947 (patch) | |
tree | 82c1f7b4b97d5b31654157a8f427a5c8d546504f /include/linux/blkdev.h | |
parent | 6f50142e4b092a469920a0008fc23121c3d99f2f (diff) |
[PATCH] namespace.c: fix mnt_namespace clearing
This patch clears mnt_namespace on unmount.
Not clearing mnt_namespace has two effects:
1) It is possible to attach a new mount to a detached mount,
because check_mnt() returns true.
This means, that when no other references to the detached mount
remain, it still can't be freed. This causes a resource leak,
and possibly un-removable modules.
2) If mnt_namespace is dereferenced (only in mark_mounts_for_expiry())
after the namspace has been freed, it can cause an Oops, memory
corruption, etc.
1) has been tested before and after the patch, 2) is only speculation.
Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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