From b21041d0f72899ed815bd2cbf7275339c74737b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Al Viro Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:01:51 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] update nd->inode in __do_follow_link() instead of after do_follow_link() ... and note that we only need to do it for LAST_BIND symlinks Signed-off-by: Al Viro --- fs/namei.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 549bbe2f25c6..9e7b18a8be66 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -768,7 +768,8 @@ __do_follow_link(const struct path *link, struct nameidata *nd, void **p) error = __vfs_follow_link(nd, s); else if (nd->last_type == LAST_BIND) { nd->flags |= LOOKUP_JUMPED; - if (nd->path.dentry->d_inode->i_op->follow_link) { + nd->inode = nd->path.dentry->d_inode; + if (nd->inode->i_op->follow_link) { /* stepped on a _really_ weird one */ path_put(&nd->path); error = -ELOOP; @@ -1449,7 +1450,6 @@ static int link_path_walk(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd) err = do_follow_link(&next, nd); if (err) return err; - nd->inode = nd->path.dentry->d_inode; } err = -ENOTDIR; if (!nd->inode->i_op->lookup) @@ -1475,7 +1475,6 @@ static int link_path_walk(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd) err = do_follow_link(&next, nd); if (err) return err; - nd->inode = nd->path.dentry->d_inode; } if (lookup_flags & LOOKUP_DIRECTORY) { err = -ENOTDIR; -- GitLab