No functional changes, just move the main logic to a helper function to make the whole thing easier to follow. Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/io-uring/CAHk-=wiG+sN+2zSoAOggKCGue2kOJvw3rQySvQXsZstRQFTN+g@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kadashev <dkadashev@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/namei.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index c4d75c94adce..61cf6bbe1e5c 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -4234,22 +4234,18 @@ int vfs_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir, } EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_symlink); -int do_symlinkat(struct filename *from, int newdfd, struct filename *to) +static int try_symlinkat(struct filename *from, int newdfd, struct filename *to, + unsigned int lookup_flags) { int error; struct dentry *dentry; struct path path; - unsigned int lookup_flags = 0; -retry: - if (IS_ERR(from)) { - error = PTR_ERR(from); - goto out; - } + if (IS_ERR(from)) + return PTR_ERR(from); dentry = __filename_create(newdfd, to, &path, lookup_flags); - error = PTR_ERR(dentry); if (IS_ERR(dentry)) - goto out; + return PTR_ERR(dentry); error = security_path_symlink(&path, dentry, from->name); if (!error) { @@ -4260,11 +4256,17 @@ int do_symlinkat(struct filename *from, int newdfd, struct filename *to) from->name); } done_path_create(&path, dentry); -out: - if (unlikely(retry_estale(error, lookup_flags))) { - lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_REVAL; - goto retry; - } + return error; +} + +int do_symlinkat(struct filename *from, int newdfd, struct filename *to) +{ + int error; + + error = try_symlinkat(from, newdfd, to, 0); + if (unlikely(retry_estale(error, 0))) + error = try_symlinkat(from, newdfd, to, LOOKUP_REVAL); + putname(to); putname(from); return error; -- 2.30.2