From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ... and shift filling struct path to just before the call of handle_mounts(). All callers of handle_mounts() are immediately preceded by path->mnt = nd->path.mnt now. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/namei.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 4946d006ba20..f26af0559abf 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -3364,8 +3364,6 @@ static int do_last(struct nameidata *nd, error = PTR_ERR(dentry); goto out; } - path.mnt = nd->path.mnt; - path.dentry = dentry; if (file->f_mode & FMODE_OPENED) { if ((file->f_mode & FMODE_CREATED) || @@ -3382,7 +3380,8 @@ static int do_last(struct nameidata *nd, open_flag &= ~O_TRUNC; will_truncate = false; acc_mode = 0; - path_to_nameidata(&path, nd); + dput(nd->path.dentry); + nd->path.dentry = dentry; goto finish_open_created; } @@ -3396,6 +3395,8 @@ static int do_last(struct nameidata *nd, got_write = false; } + path.mnt = nd->path.mnt; + path.dentry = dentry; error = handle_mounts(&path, nd, &inode, &seq); if (unlikely(error < 0)) return error; -- 2.11.0