Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/namei.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 4a4a22a08ac2..aaf3cd6c802f 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -588,6 +588,7 @@ struct nameidata {
unsigned seq;
} *stack, internal[EMBEDDED_LEVELS];
struct filename *name;
+ const char *pathname;
struct nameidata *saved;
unsigned root_seq;
int dfd;
@@ -606,6 +607,7 @@ static void __set_nameidata(struct nameidata *p, int dfd, struct filename *name)
p->depth = 0;
p->dfd = dfd;
p->name = name;
+ p->pathname = likely(name) ? name->name : "";
p->path.mnt = NULL;
p->path.dentry = NULL;
p->total_link_count = old ? old->total_link_count : 0;
@@ -2439,7 +2441,7 @@ static int link_path_walk(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd)
static const char *path_init(struct nameidata *nd, unsigned flags)
{
int error;
- const char *s = nd->name->name;
+ const char *s = nd->pathname;
/* LOOKUP_CACHED requires RCU, ask caller to retry */
if ((flags & (LOOKUP_RCU | LOOKUP_CACHED)) == LOOKUP_CACHED)
--
2.39.5
