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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/audit_tree.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/audit_tree.c b/kernel/audit_tree.c index d150514ff15e..35c031ebcc12 100644 --- a/kernel/audit_tree.c +++ b/kernel/audit_tree.c @@ -132,10 +132,20 @@ static void __put_chunk(struct rcu_head *rcu) audit_put_chunk(chunk); } +/* + * Drop reference to the chunk that was held by the mark. This is the reference + * that gets dropped after we've removed the chunk from the hash table and we + * use it to make sure chunk cannot be freed before RCU grace period expires. + */ +static void audit_mark_put_chunk(struct audit_chunk *chunk) +{ + call_rcu(&chunk->head, __put_chunk); +} + static void audit_tree_destroy_watch(struct fsnotify_mark *entry) { struct audit_chunk *chunk = container_of(entry, struct audit_chunk, mark); - call_rcu(&chunk->head, __put_chunk); + audit_mark_put_chunk(chunk); } static struct audit_chunk *alloc_chunk(int count) |