If we release the lockdep write protection token before calling into
->write_iter and thus never access the file pointer after an -EIOCBQUEUED
return from ->write_iter or ->read_iter we don't need this extra
reference.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <h...@lst.de>
---
fs/aio.c | 11 +++++------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 18507743757a..d7be32cdd1db 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -1515,16 +1515,17 @@ static ssize_t aio_write(struct kiocb *req, struct iocb
*iocb, bool vectored,
return ret;
ret = rw_verify_area(WRITE, file, &req->ki_pos, iov_iter_count(&iter));
if (!ret) {
- req->ki_flags |= IOCB_WRITE;
- file_start_write(file);
- ret = aio_ret(req, call_write_iter(file, req, &iter));
/*
* We release freeze protection in aio_complete(). Fool lockdep
* by telling it the lock got released so that it doesn't
* complain about held lock when we return to userspace.
*/
- if (S_ISREG(file_inode(file)->i_mode))
+ if (S_ISREG(file_inode(file)->i_mode)) {
+ __sb_start_write(file_inode(file)->i_sb,
SB_FREEZE_WRITE, true);
__sb_writers_release(file_inode(file)->i_sb,
SB_FREEZE_WRITE);
+ }
+ req->ki_flags |= IOCB_WRITE;
+ ret = aio_ret(req, call_write_iter(file, req, &iter));
}
kfree(iovec);
return ret;
@@ -1599,7 +1600,6 @@ static int io_submit_one(struct kioctx *ctx, struct iocb
__user *user_iocb,
req->ki_user_iocb = user_iocb;
req->ki_user_data = iocb->aio_data;
- get_file(file);
switch (iocb->aio_lio_opcode) {
case IOCB_CMD_PREAD:
ret = aio_read(&req->common, iocb, false, compat);
@@ -1618,7 +1618,6 @@ static int io_submit_one(struct kioctx *ctx, struct iocb
__user *user_iocb,
ret = -EINVAL;
break;
}
- fput(file);
if (ret && ret != -EIOCBQUEUED)
goto out_put_req;
--
2.17.0
