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-rw-r--r--fs/internal.h1
-rw-r--r--include/linux/fs.h1
-rw-r--r--kernel/acct.c31
3 files changed, 13 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index 465742407466..9a2edba87c2b 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ extern long prune_dcache_sb(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long nr_to_scan,
/*
* read_write.c
*/
-extern ssize_t __kernel_write(struct file *, const char *, size_t, loff_t *);
extern int rw_verify_area(int, struct file *, const loff_t *, size_t);
/*
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index e11d60cc867b..4b7d57cf7863 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2335,6 +2335,7 @@ extern int do_pipe_flags(int *, int);
extern int kernel_read(struct file *, loff_t, char *, unsigned long);
extern ssize_t kernel_write(struct file *, const char *, size_t, loff_t);
+extern ssize_t __kernel_write(struct file *, const char *, size_t, loff_t *);
extern struct file * open_exec(const char *);
/* fs/dcache.c -- generic fs support functions */
diff --git a/kernel/acct.c b/kernel/acct.c
index 807ebc5d8333..8082d9875d6b 100644
--- a/kernel/acct.c
+++ b/kernel/acct.c
@@ -456,12 +456,16 @@ static void do_acct_process(struct bsd_acct_struct *acct,
{
struct pacct_struct *pacct = &current->signal->pacct;
acct_t ac;
- mm_segment_t fs;
unsigned long flim;
u64 elapsed, run_time;
struct tty_struct *tty;
const struct cred *orig_cred;
+ /*
+ * Accounting records are not subject to resource limits.
+ */
+ flim = current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_FSIZE].rlim_cur;
+ current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_FSIZE].rlim_cur = RLIM_INFINITY;
/* Perform file operations on behalf of whoever enabled accounting */
orig_cred = override_creds(file->f_cred);
@@ -536,25 +540,14 @@ static void do_acct_process(struct bsd_acct_struct *acct,
* Get freeze protection. If the fs is frozen, just skip the write
* as we could deadlock the system otherwise.
*/
- if (!file_start_write_trylock(file))
- goto out;
- /*
- * Kernel segment override to datasegment and write it
- * to the accounting file.
- */
- fs = get_fs();
- set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
- /*
- * Accounting records are not subject to resource limits.
- */
- flim = current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_FSIZE].rlim_cur;
- current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_FSIZE].rlim_cur = RLIM_INFINITY;
- file->f_op->write(file, (char *)&ac,
- sizeof(acct_t), &file->f_pos);
- current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_FSIZE].rlim_cur = flim;
- set_fs(fs);
- file_end_write(file);
+ if (file_start_write_trylock(file)) {
+ /* it's been opened O_APPEND, so position is irrelevant */
+ loff_t pos = 0;
+ __kernel_write(file, (char *)&ac, sizeof(acct_t), &pos);
+ file_end_write(file);
+ }
out:
+ current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_FSIZE].rlim_cur = flim;
revert_creds(orig_cred);
}