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-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst4
-rw-r--r--fs/afs/mntpt.c1
-rw-r--r--fs/fuse/dir.c3
-rw-r--r--fs/namespace.c9
-rw-r--r--fs/nfs/namespace.c1
-rw-r--r--fs/smb/client/namespace.c1
-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/trace.c2
8 files changed, 11 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst
index 767b2927c762..749637231773 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst
@@ -1203,3 +1203,10 @@ should use d_drop();d_splice_alias() and return the result of the latter.
If a positive dentry cannot be returned for some reason, in-kernel
clients such as cachefiles, nfsd, smb/server may not perform ideally but
will fail-safe.
+
+---
+
+**mandatory**
+
+Calling conventions for ->d_automount() have changed; we should *not* grab
+an extra reference to new mount - it should be returned with refcount 1.
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
index ae79c30b6c0c..cc0a58e96770 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst
@@ -1411,9 +1411,7 @@ defined:
If a vfsmount is returned, the caller will attempt to mount it
on the mountpoint and will remove the vfsmount from its
- expiration list in the case of failure. The vfsmount should be
- returned with 2 refs on it to prevent automatic expiration - the
- caller will clean up the additional ref.
+ expiration list in the case of failure.
This function is only used if DCACHE_NEED_AUTOMOUNT is set on
the dentry. This is set by __d_instantiate() if S_AUTOMOUNT is
diff --git a/fs/afs/mntpt.c b/fs/afs/mntpt.c
index 45cee6534122..9434a5399f2b 100644
--- a/fs/afs/mntpt.c
+++ b/fs/afs/mntpt.c
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@ struct vfsmount *afs_d_automount(struct path *path)
if (IS_ERR(newmnt))
return newmnt;
- mntget(newmnt); /* prevent immediate expiration */
mnt_set_expiry(newmnt, &afs_vfsmounts);
queue_delayed_work(afs_wq, &afs_mntpt_expiry_timer,
afs_mntpt_expiry_timeout * HZ);
diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index 83ac192e7fdd..05d8584fd3b9 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -319,9 +319,6 @@ static struct vfsmount *fuse_dentry_automount(struct path *path)
/* Create the submount */
mnt = fc_mount(fsc);
- if (!IS_ERR(mnt))
- mntget(mnt);
-
put_fs_context(fsc);
return mnt;
}
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 98a5cd756e9a..018e95fe5459 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -3902,10 +3902,6 @@ int finish_automount(struct vfsmount *m, const struct path *path)
return PTR_ERR(m);
mnt = real_mount(m);
- /* The new mount record should have at least 2 refs to prevent it being
- * expired before we get a chance to add it
- */
- BUG_ON(mnt_get_count(mnt) < 2);
if (m->mnt_sb == path->mnt->mnt_sb &&
m->mnt_root == dentry) {
@@ -3938,7 +3934,6 @@ int finish_automount(struct vfsmount *m, const struct path *path)
unlock_mount(mp);
if (unlikely(err))
goto discard;
- mntput(m);
return 0;
discard_locked:
@@ -3952,7 +3947,6 @@ discard:
namespace_unlock();
}
mntput(m);
- mntput(m);
return err;
}
@@ -3989,11 +3983,14 @@ void mark_mounts_for_expiry(struct list_head *mounts)
/* extract from the expiration list every vfsmount that matches the
* following criteria:
+ * - already mounted
* - only referenced by its parent vfsmount
* - still marked for expiry (marked on the last call here; marks are
* cleared by mntput())
*/
list_for_each_entry_safe(mnt, next, mounts, mnt_expire) {
+ if (!is_mounted(&mnt->mnt))
+ continue;
if (!xchg(&mnt->mnt_expiry_mark, 1) ||
propagate_mount_busy(mnt, 1))
continue;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/namespace.c b/fs/nfs/namespace.c
index 973aed9cc5fe..7f1ec9c67ff2 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/namespace.c
@@ -195,7 +195,6 @@ struct vfsmount *nfs_d_automount(struct path *path)
if (IS_ERR(mnt))
goto out_fc;
- mntget(mnt); /* prevent immediate expiration */
if (timeout <= 0)
goto out_fc;
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/namespace.c b/fs/smb/client/namespace.c
index e3f9213131c4..778daf11f1db 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/namespace.c
@@ -283,7 +283,6 @@ struct vfsmount *cifs_d_automount(struct path *path)
return newmnt;
}
- mntget(newmnt); /* prevent immediate expiration */
mnt_set_expiry(newmnt, &cifs_automount_list);
schedule_delayed_work(&cifs_automount_task,
cifs_mountpoint_expiry_timeout);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 5b8db27fb6ef..e22aacb0028a 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -10088,8 +10088,6 @@ static struct vfsmount *trace_automount(struct dentry *mntpt, void *ingore)
put_filesystem(type);
if (IS_ERR(mnt))
return NULL;
- mntget(mnt);
-
return mnt;
}