From 934da82913f70ea3c68bcbcd7b184be54c2c2061 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rob Landley Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 15:29:12 +0000 Subject: Fix a possible race condition if two processes try to claim the same loop device at the same time. We should only CLR_FD if the set status fails, not if the SET_FD fails. --- libbb/loop.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'libbb/loop.c') diff --git a/libbb/loop.c b/libbb/loop.c index 2f9d02924..e5b21642e 100644 --- a/libbb/loop.c +++ b/libbb/loop.c @@ -118,9 +118,10 @@ int set_loop(char **device, const char *file, int offset) safe_strncpy((char *)loopinfo.lo_file_name, file, LO_NAME_SIZE); loopinfo.lo_offset = offset; /* Associate free loop device with file. */ - if(!ioctl(dfd, LOOP_SET_FD, ffd) && - !ioctl(dfd, BB_LOOP_SET_STATUS, &loopinfo)) rc=0; - else ioctl(dfd, LOOP_CLR_FD, 0); + if(!ioctl(dfd, LOOP_SET_FD, ffd)) { + if (!ioctl(dfd, BB_LOOP_SET_STATUS, &loopinfo)) rc=0; + else ioctl(dfd, LOOP_CLR_FD, 0); + } /* If this block device already set up right, re-use it. (Yes this is racy, but associating two loop devices with the same -- cgit v1.2.3