From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Tells step_into() not to follow symlinks, regardless of LOOKUP_FOLLOW. Allows to switch handle_lookup_down() to of step_into(), getting all follow_managed() and step_into() calls paired. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/namei.c | 10 ++++------ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 4c9b633e1981..fe48a8d00ae5 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -1827,7 +1827,7 @@ static int pick_link(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *link, return 1; } -enum {WALK_FOLLOW = 1, WALK_MORE = 2}; +enum {WALK_FOLLOW = 1, WALK_MORE = 2, WALK_NOFOLLOW = 4}; /* * Do we need to follow links? We _really_ want to be able @@ -1841,7 +1841,8 @@ static inline int step_into(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path, if (!(flags & WALK_MORE) && nd->depth) put_link(nd); if (likely(!d_is_symlink(path->dentry)) || - !(flags & WALK_FOLLOW || nd->flags & LOOKUP_FOLLOW)) { + !(flags & WALK_FOLLOW || nd->flags & LOOKUP_FOLLOW) || + flags & WALK_NOFOLLOW) { /* not a symlink or should not follow */ path_to_nameidata(path, nd); nd->inode = inode; @@ -2363,10 +2364,7 @@ static int handle_lookup_down(struct nameidata *nd) err = handle_mounts(nd, nd->path.dentry, &path, &inode, &seq); if (unlikely(err < 0)) return err; - path_to_nameidata(&path, nd); - nd->inode = inode; - nd->seq = seq; - return 0; + return step_into(nd, &path, WALK_NOFOLLOW, inode, seq); } /* Returns 0 and nd will be valid on success; Retuns error, otherwise. */ -- 2.11.0