Allows killing processes that are waiting for the inode lock. Signed-off-by: Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@xxxxxxxxx> --- v2: split into separate patches This part was reviewed by Christian Brauner here: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20250512-unrat-kapital-2122d3777c5d@brauner/ Signed-off-by: Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/open.c | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c index a9063cca9911..d2f2df52c458 100644 --- a/fs/open.c +++ b/fs/open.c @@ -635,7 +635,9 @@ int chmod_common(const struct path *path, umode_t mode) if (error) return error; retry_deleg: - inode_lock(inode); + error = inode_lock_killable(inode); + if (error) + goto out_mnt_unlock; error = security_path_chmod(path, mode); if (error) goto out_unlock; @@ -650,6 +652,7 @@ int chmod_common(const struct path *path, umode_t mode) if (!error) goto retry_deleg; } +out_mnt_unlock: mnt_drop_write(path->mnt); return error; } @@ -769,7 +772,9 @@ int chown_common(const struct path *path, uid_t user, gid_t group) return -EINVAL; if ((group != (gid_t)-1) && !setattr_vfsgid(&newattrs, gid)) return -EINVAL; - inode_lock(inode); + error = inode_lock_killable(inode); + if (error) + return error; if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) newattrs.ia_valid |= ATTR_KILL_SUID | ATTR_KILL_PRIV | setattr_should_drop_sgid(idmap, inode); -- 2.47.2