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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/namei.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/namei.c | 20 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index d930f1856ed..94a5e60779f 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -1604,11 +1604,12 @@ struct file *do_filp_open(int dfd, const char *pathname, struct file *filp; struct nameidata nd; int error; - struct path path, save; + struct path path; struct dentry *dir; int count = 0; int will_truncate; int flag = open_to_namei_flags(open_flag); + int force_reval = 0; /* * O_SYNC is implemented as __O_SYNC|O_DSYNC. As many places only @@ -1660,9 +1661,12 @@ struct file *do_filp_open(int dfd, const char *pathname, /* * Create - we need to know the parent. */ +reval: error = path_init(dfd, pathname, LOOKUP_PARENT, &nd); if (error) return ERR_PTR(error); + if (force_reval) + nd.flags |= LOOKUP_REVAL; error = path_walk(pathname, &nd); if (error) { if (nd.root.mnt) @@ -1854,17 +1858,7 @@ do_link: error = security_inode_follow_link(path.dentry, &nd); if (error) goto exit_dput; - save = nd.path; - path_get(&save); error = __do_follow_link(&path, &nd); - if (error == -ESTALE) { - /* nd.path had been dropped */ - nd.path = save; - path_get(&nd.path); - nd.flags |= LOOKUP_REVAL; - error = __do_follow_link(&path, &nd); - } - path_put(&save); path_put(&path); if (error) { /* Does someone understand code flow here? Or it is only @@ -1874,6 +1868,10 @@ do_link: release_open_intent(&nd); if (nd.root.mnt) path_put(&nd.root); + if (error == -ESTALE && !force_reval) { + force_reval = 1; + goto reval; + } return ERR_PTR(error); } nd.flags &= ~LOOKUP_PARENT; |