5 files changed, 42 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 0087cf9c2c6b..a4689eb2df28 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1546,6 +1546,7 @@ static int path_walk(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd)
                 /* nd->path had been dropped */
                 current->total_link_count = 0;
                 nd->path = save;
+                nd->inode = save.dentry->d_inode;
                 path_get(&nd->path);
                 nd->flags |= LOOKUP_REVAL;
                 result = link_path_walk(name, nd);
@@ -2455,22 +2456,29 @@ struct file *do_filp_open(int dfd, const char *pathname,
         /* !O_CREAT, simple open */
         error = do_path_lookup(dfd, pathname, flags, &nd);
         if (unlikely(error))
-                goto out_filp;
+                goto out_filp2;
         error = -ELOOP;
         if (!(nd.flags & LOOKUP_FOLLOW)) {
                 if (nd.inode->i_op->follow_link)
-                        goto out_path;
+                        goto out_path2;
         }
         error = -ENOTDIR;
         if (nd.flags & LOOKUP_DIRECTORY) {
                 if (!nd.inode->i_op->lookup)
-                        goto out_path;
+                        goto out_path2;
         }
         audit_inode(pathname, nd.path.dentry);
         filp = finish_open(&nd, open_flag, acc_mode);
+out2:
         release_open_intent(&nd);
         return filp;
 
+out_path2:
+        path_put(&nd.path);
+out_filp2:
+        filp = ERR_PTR(error);
+        goto out2;
+
 creat:
         /* OK, have to create the file. Find the parent. */
         error = path_init_rcu(dfd, pathname,
diff --git a/fs/proc/inode.c b/fs/proc/inode.c
index 176ce4cda68a..d6a7ca1fdac5 100644
--- a/fs/proc/inode.c
+++ b/fs/proc/inode.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 static void proc_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
         struct proc_dir_entry *de;
+        struct ctl_table_header *head;
 
         truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
         end_writeback(inode);
@@ -38,8 +39,11 @@ static void proc_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
         de = PROC_I(inode)->pde;
         if (de)
                 pde_put(de);
-        if (PROC_I(inode)->sysctl)
-                sysctl_head_put(PROC_I(inode)->sysctl);
+        head = PROC_I(inode)->sysctl;
+        if (head) {
+                rcu_assign_pointer(PROC_I(inode)->sysctl, NULL);
+                sysctl_head_put(head);
+        }
 }
 
 struct vfsmount *proc_mnt;
diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 09a1f92a34ef..8eb2522111c5 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -408,15 +408,18 @@ static int proc_sys_compare(const struct dentry *parent,
                 const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
                 unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
+        struct ctl_table_header *head;
         /* Although proc doesn't have negative dentries, rcu-walk means
          * that inode here can be NULL */
+        /* AV: can it, indeed? */
         if (!inode)
-                return 0;
+                return 1;
         if (name->len != len)
                 return 1;
         if (memcmp(name->name, str, len))
                 return 1;
-        return !sysctl_is_seen(PROC_I(inode)->sysctl);
+        head = rcu_dereference(PROC_I(inode)->sysctl);
+        return !head || !sysctl_is_seen(head);
 }
 
 static const struct dentry_operations proc_sys_dentry_operations = {
diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index 7bb5cb64f3b8..bb7c2b086fa4 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 
 struct completion;
 
@@ -1037,10 +1038,15 @@ struct ctl_table_root {
    struct ctl_table trees. */
 struct ctl_table_header
 {
-        struct ctl_table *ctl_table;
-        struct list_head ctl_entry;
-        int used;
-        int count;
+        union {
+                struct {
+                        struct ctl_table *ctl_table;
+                        struct list_head ctl_entry;
+                        int used;
+                        int count;
+                };
+                struct rcu_head rcu;
+        };
         struct completion *unregistering;
         struct ctl_table *ctl_table_arg;
         struct ctl_table_root *root;
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 0f1bd83db985..4eed0af5d144 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -194,9 +194,9 @@ static int sysrq_sysctl_handler(ctl_table *table, int write,
 static struct ctl_table root_table[];
 static struct ctl_table_root sysctl_table_root;
 static struct ctl_table_header root_table_header = {
-        .count = 1,
+        {{.count = 1,
         .ctl_table = root_table,
-        .ctl_entry = LIST_HEAD_INIT(sysctl_table_root.default_set.list),
+        .ctl_entry = LIST_HEAD_INIT(sysctl_table_root.default_set.list),}},
         .root = &sysctl_table_root,
         .set = &sysctl_table_root.default_set,
 };
@@ -1567,11 +1567,16 @@ void sysctl_head_get(struct ctl_table_header *head)
         spin_unlock(&sysctl_lock);
 }
 
+static void free_head(struct rcu_head *rcu)
+{
+        kfree(container_of(rcu, struct ctl_table_header, rcu));
+}
+
 void sysctl_head_put(struct ctl_table_header *head)
 {
         spin_lock(&sysctl_lock);
         if (!--head->count)
-                kfree(head);
+                call_rcu(&head->rcu, free_head);
         spin_unlock(&sysctl_lock);
 }
 
@@ -1948,10 +1953,10 @@ void unregister_sysctl_table(struct ctl_table_header * header)
         start_unregistering(header);
         if (!--header->parent->count) {
                 WARN_ON(1);
-                kfree(header->parent);
+                call_rcu(&header->parent->rcu, free_head);
         }
         if (!--header->count)
-                kfree(header);
+                call_rcu(&header->rcu, free_head);
         spin_unlock(&sysctl_lock);
 }