fs: configfs: Add unlocked version of configfs_depend_item()
This change is necessary for the SCSI target usb gadget composed with
configfs. In this case configfs will be used for two different purposes:
to compose a usb gadget and to configure the target part. If an instance
of tcm function is created in $CONFIGFS_ROOT/usb_gadget/<gadget>/functions
a tpg can be created in $CONFIGFS_ROOT/target/usb_gadget/<wwn>/, but after
a tpg is created the tcm function must not be removed until its
corresponding tpg is gone. While the configfs_depend/undepend_item() are
meant exactly for creating this kind of dependencies, they are not suitable
if the other kernel subsystem happens to be another subsystem in configfs,
so this patch adds unlocked versions meant for configfs callbacks.
Above description has been provided by:
Andrzej Pietrasiewicz <andrzej.p@samsung.com>
In configfs_depend_item() we have to consider two possible cases:
1) When we are called to depend another item in the same subsystem
as caller
In this case we should skip locking configfs root as we know
that configfs is in valid state and our subsystem will not
be unregistered during this call.
2) When we are called to depend item in different subsystem than
our caller
In this case we are also sure that configfs is in valid state
but we have to lock root of configfs to avoid unregistration
of target's subsystem. As it is other than caller's subsystem,
there may be nothing what protects us against unregistration
of that subsystem.
Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Opasiak <k.opasiak@samsung.com>
Cc: Joel Becker <jlbec@evilplan.org>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Bellinger <nab@linux-iscsi.org>
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