Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6:
  nd->inode is not set on the second attempt in path_walk()
  unfuck proc_sysctl ->d_compare()
  minimal fix for do_filp_open() race

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 0f1bd83..4eed0af 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -194,9 +194,9 @@ static int sysrq_sysctl_handler(ctl_table *table, int write,
 static struct ctl_table root_table[];
 static struct ctl_table_root sysctl_table_root;
 static struct ctl_table_header root_table_header = {
-	.count = 1,
+	{{.count = 1,
 	.ctl_table = root_table,
-	.ctl_entry = LIST_HEAD_INIT(sysctl_table_root.default_set.list),
+	.ctl_entry = LIST_HEAD_INIT(sysctl_table_root.default_set.list),}},
 	.root = &sysctl_table_root,
 	.set = &sysctl_table_root.default_set,
 };
@@ -1567,11 +1567,16 @@ void sysctl_head_get(struct ctl_table_header *head)
 	spin_unlock(&sysctl_lock);
 }
 
+static void free_head(struct rcu_head *rcu)
+{
+	kfree(container_of(rcu, struct ctl_table_header, rcu));
+}
+
 void sysctl_head_put(struct ctl_table_header *head)
 {
 	spin_lock(&sysctl_lock);
 	if (!--head->count)
-		kfree(head);
+		call_rcu(&head->rcu, free_head);
 	spin_unlock(&sysctl_lock);
 }
 
@@ -1948,10 +1953,10 @@ void unregister_sysctl_table(struct ctl_table_header * header)
 	start_unregistering(header);
 	if (!--header->parent->count) {
 		WARN_ON(1);
-		kfree(header->parent);
+		call_rcu(&header->parent->rcu, free_head);
 	}
 	if (!--header->count)
-		kfree(header);
+		call_rcu(&header->rcu, free_head);
 	spin_unlock(&sysctl_lock);
 }