Since, path_walk sets the total_link_count to 0, and calls link_path_walk, we can just call path_walk directly. Signed-off-by: Josef 'Jeff' Sipek <jsipek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/namei.c | 4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 600a4e7..86f0def 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -1153,8 +1153,8 @@ static int fastcall do_path_lookup(int dfd, const char *name, fput_light(file, fput_needed); } - current->total_link_count = 0; - retval = link_path_walk(name, nd); + + retval = path_walk(name, nd); out: if (likely(retval == 0)) { if (unlikely(!audit_dummy_context() && nd && nd->dentry && -- 1.5.0.3.1043.g4342 - 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