In case of a race between to callers of hostfs_file_open() it can happen that a file describtor is leaked.
Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <rich...@nod.at> --- fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c index 104d58d..112ba5a 100644 --- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c +++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c @@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ retry: /* somebody else had handled it first? */ if ((mode & HOSTFS_I(ino)->mode) == mode) { mutex_unlock(&HOSTFS_I(ino)->open_mutex); + close_file(&fd); return 0; } if ((mode | HOSTFS_I(ino)->mode) != mode) { -- 2.3.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel