kernfs: Don't re-lock kernfs_root::kernfs_rwsem in kernfs_fop_readdir().
The readdir operation iterates over all entries and invokes dir_emit() for every entry passing kernfs_node::name as argument. Since the name argument can change, and become invalid, the kernfs_root::kernfs_rwsem lock should not be dropped to prevent renames during the operation. The lock drop around dir_emit() has been initially introduced in commit 1e5289c9 ("sysfs: Cache the last sysfs_dirent to improve readdir scalability v2") to avoid holding a global lock during a page fault. The lock drop is wrong since the support of renames and not a big burden since the lock is no longer global. Don't re-acquire kernfs_root::kernfs_rwsem while copying the name to the userpace buffer. Acked-by:Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by:
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250213145023.2820193-5-bigeasy@linutronix.de Signed-off-by:
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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