author: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 2012-10-02 21:38:48 -0700
committer: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 2012-10-02 21:38:48 -0700
commit: 88265322c14cce39f7afbc416726ef4fac413298
parent: 65b99c74fdd325d1ffa2e5663295888704712604
Commit Summary:
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index ca15fbd391c8..1780f062dbaf 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -296,11 +296,13 @@ vfs_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
if (error)
return error;
+ mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
error = security_inode_removexattr(dentry, name);
- if (error)
+ if (error) {
+ mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
return error;
+ }
- mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
error = inode->i_op->removexattr(dentry, name);
mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);