> On 26-Mar-2020, at 7:19 PM, Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 10:40:06PM +1100, Michael Ellerman wrote: > >>> The code in question (link_path_walk() in fs/namei.c ) was recently changed by >>> following commit: >>> >>> commit 881386f7e46a: >>> link_path_walk(): sample parent's i_uid and i_mode for the last component >> >> That and about 10 other commits. >> >> Unless Al can give us a clue we'll need to bisect. > > Already fixed yesterday. It's not link_path_walk(), it's handle_dots() > ignoring an error returned by step_into(). > > commit 5e3c3570ec97 is the broken one; commit 20971012f63e is its variant with the > fix folded in. So next-20200325 has the bug and next-20200326 should have it > fixed. Could you check the current -next and see if you still observe that crap? Thanks Al for the information. I confirm that today’s next tree (20200326) work for me. I can no longer recreate this problem. Thanks -Sachin
