When directory hierarchy is corrupted and contains cycles, d_splice_alias() can
fail. Handle the failure cleanly.
Identical/coppied from:
ext2: Handle error from d_splice_alias()
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
[exofs is just yet another copy/paste of ext2 code]
Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/exofs/namei.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/exofs/namei.c b/fs/exofs/namei.c
index fc7161d..82de452 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/exofs/namei.c
@@ -50,13 +50,19 @@ static struct dentry *exofs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
{
struct inode *inode;
ino_t ino;
+ struct dentry *ret;
if (dentry->d_name.len > EXOFS_NAME_LEN)
return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);
ino = exofs_inode_by_name(dir, dentry);
inode = ino ? exofs_iget(dir->i_sb, ino) : NULL;
- return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
+ ret = d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
+ if (IS_ERR(ret)) {
+ EXOFS_ERR("directory #%lu corrupted", dir->i_ino);
+ iput(inode);
+ }
+ return ret;
}
static int exofs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
--
1.7.10.2.677.gb6bc67f
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