From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Move restoring LOOKUP_PARENT and zeroing nd->stack.name[0] past the call of get_link() (nothing _currently_ uses them in there). That allows to moved the call of may_follow_link() into get_link() as well, since now the presence of LOOKUP_PARENT distinguishes the callers from each other (link_path_walk() has it, trailing_symlink() doesn't). Preparations for folding trailing_symlink() into callers (lookup_last() and do_last()) and changing the calling conventions of those. Next stage after that will have get_link() call migrate into walk_component(), then - into step_into(). It's tricky enough to warrant doing that in stages, unfortunately... Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/namei.c | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index f9fa8579cf6a..45cedbe267ab 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -1114,6 +1114,12 @@ const char *get_link(struct nameidata *nd) int error; const char *res; + if (!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_PARENT)) { + error = may_follow_link(nd); + if (unlikely(error)) + return ERR_PTR(error); + } + if (unlikely(nd->flags & LOOKUP_NO_SYMLINKS)) return ERR_PTR(-ELOOP); @@ -2328,13 +2334,9 @@ static const char *path_init(struct nameidata *nd, unsigned flags) static const char *trailing_symlink(struct nameidata *nd) { - const char *s; - int error = may_follow_link(nd); - if (unlikely(error)) - return ERR_PTR(error); + const char *s = get_link(nd); nd->flags |= LOOKUP_PARENT; nd->stack[0].name = NULL; - s = get_link(nd); return s ? s : ""; } -- 2.20.1