kernfs: fix locking around kernfs_ops->release() callback
The release callback may be called from two places - file release operation and kernfs open file draining. kernfs_open_file->mutex is used to synchronize the two callsites. This unfortunately leads to possible circular locking because of->mutex is used to protect the usual kernfs operations which may use locking constructs which are held while removing and thus draining kernfs files. @of->mutex is for synchronizing concurrent kernfs access operations and all we need here is synchronization between the releaes and drain paths. As the drain path has to grab kernfs_open_file_mutex anyway, let's use the mutex to synchronize the release operation instead. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Reported-and-tested-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com> Fixes: 0e67db2f ("kernfs: add kernfs_ops->open/release() callbacks") Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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