There is a bug in error handling of lock_parent() in ecryptfs_do_create(): lock_parent() acquries mutex even if dget_parent() fails, so mutex should be unlocked anyway. But dget_parent() does not fail, so the patch just removes unneeded buggy code. Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org). Signed-off-by: Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ecryptfs/inode.c | 7 ------- 1 file changed, 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c index d4a9431ec73c..97735c75085f 100644 --- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c +++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c @@ -192,12 +192,6 @@ ecryptfs_do_create(struct inode *directory_inode, lower_dentry = ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower(ecryptfs_dentry); lower_dir_dentry = lock_parent(lower_dentry); - if (IS_ERR(lower_dir_dentry)) { - ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR, "Error locking directory of " - "dentry\n"); - inode = ERR_CAST(lower_dir_dentry); - goto out; - } rc = vfs_create(lower_dir_dentry->d_inode, lower_dentry, mode, true); if (rc) { printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Failure to create dentry in lower fs; " @@ -215,7 +209,6 @@ ecryptfs_do_create(struct inode *directory_inode, fsstack_copy_inode_size(directory_inode, lower_dir_dentry->d_inode); out_lock: unlock_dir(lower_dir_dentry); -out: return inode; } -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe ecryptfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html