af_unix: move unix_mknod() out of bindlock
commit 0fb44559 upstream. Dmitry reported a deadlock scenario: unix_bind() path: u->bindlock ==> sb_writer do_splice() path: sb_writer ==> pipe->mutex ==> u->bindlock In the unix_bind() code path, unix_mknod() does not have to be done with u->bindlock held, since it is a pure fs operation, so we can just move unix_mknod() out. Reported-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com> Tested-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com> Cc: Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mobileactivedefense.com> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
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