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SubjectRe: [PATCH] fs/locks.c fcntl_setlease did not check if a file was opened for writing before granting a read lease
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>> But I THINK this is how a patch would fix the problem, in theory.

> Sorry, it won't.
...
> To detect if anyone has the file open for writing, you'll a new count
> field which keeps track of writer references. Something like this:
>
> if ((arg == F_RDLCK)
> && ((atomic_read(&inode->i_writer_count) != 0)))
>
> You'll also need to modify all the places where that needs to be
> maintained.

Well, dang it all. Why didn't they guy who implemented leasing in the first
place bother to do it right the first time?

I don't have the time or technical expertise in kernel development to go
through all that. Somebody else is going to have to pick up his slack.

Joseph D. Wagner

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