Use path_equal() to detect whether we're already in root. Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <danilokrummrich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/namei.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 9cc91fb7f156..7662b7e112c3 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -1455,10 +1455,8 @@ static int path_parent_directory(struct path *path) static int follow_dotdot(struct nameidata *nd) { while(1) { - if (nd->path.dentry == nd->root.dentry && - nd->path.mnt == nd->root.mnt) { + if (path_equal(&nd->path, &nd->root)) break; - } if (nd->path.dentry != nd->path.mnt->mnt_root) { int ret = path_parent_directory(&nd->path); if (ret) -- 2.14.1