Move FASYNC bit handling to f_op->fasync()
Removing the BKL from FASYNC handling ran into the challenge of keeping the setting of the FASYNC bit in filp->f_flags atomic with regard to calls to the underlying fasync() function. Andi Kleen suggested moving the handling of that bit into fasync(); this patch does exactly that. As a result, we have a couple of internal API changes: fasync() must now manage the FASYNC bit, and it will be called without the BKL held. As it happens, every fasync() implementation in the kernel with one exception calls fasync_helper(). So, if we make fasync_helper() set the FASYNC bit, we can avoid making any changes to the other fasync() functions - as long as those functions, themselves, have proper locking. Most fasync() implementations do nothing but call fasync_helper() - which has its own lock - so they are easily verified as correct. The BKL had already been pushed down into the rest. The networking code has its own version of fasync_helper(), so that code has been augmented with explicit FASYNC bit handling. Cc: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@@ -1030,6 +1030,13 @@ static int sock_fasync(int fd, struct file *filp, int on)
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lock_sock(sk);
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spin_lock(&filp->f_lock);
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if (on)
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filp->f_flags |= FASYNC;
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else
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filp->f_flags &= ~FASYNC;
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spin_unlock(&filp->f_lock);
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prev = &(sock->fasync_list);
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for (fa = *prev; fa != NULL; prev = &fa->fa_next, fa = *prev)
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