vfs: fix infinite loop caused by clone_mnt race
If clone_mnt() happens while mnt_make_readonly() is running, the cloned mount might have MNT_WRITE_HOLD flag set, which results in mnt_want_write() spinning forever on this mount. Needs CAP_SYS_ADMIN to trigger deliberately and unlikely to happen accidentally. But if it does happen it can hang the machine. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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