Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <haveblue@xxxxxxxxxx> --- lxc-dave/fs/namei.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++---------------- 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/namei.c~elevate-writers-vfs_symlink fs/namei.c --- lxc/fs/namei.c~elevate-writers-vfs_symlink 2006-06-07 16:53:17.000000000 -0700 +++ lxc-dave/fs/namei.c 2006-06-07 16:53:18.000000000 -0700 @@ -2170,30 +2170,31 @@ asmlinkage long sys_symlinkat(const char int error = 0; char * from; char * to; + struct dentry *dentry; + struct nameidata nd; from = getname(oldname); if(IS_ERR(from)) return PTR_ERR(from); to = getname(newname); error = PTR_ERR(to); - if (!IS_ERR(to)) { - struct dentry *dentry; - struct nameidata nd; + if (IS_ERR(to)) + goto out_putname; - error = do_path_lookup(newdfd, to, LOOKUP_PARENT, &nd); - if (error) - goto out; - dentry = lookup_create(&nd, 0); - error = PTR_ERR(dentry); - if (!IS_ERR(dentry)) { - error = vfs_symlink(nd.dentry->d_inode, dentry, from, S_IALLUGO); - dput(dentry); - } - mutex_unlock(&nd.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex); - path_release(&nd); -out: - putname(to); + error = do_path_lookup(newdfd, to, LOOKUP_PARENT, &nd); + if (error) + goto out; + dentry = lookup_create(&nd, 0); + error = PTR_ERR(dentry); + if (!IS_ERR(dentry)) { + error = vfs_symlink(nd.dentry->d_inode, dentry, from, S_IALLUGO); + dput(dentry); } + mutex_unlock(&nd.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex); + path_release(&nd); +out: + putname(to); +out_putname: putname(from); return error; } _ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html