If ->follow_link handler return the error, it should decrement nd->path refcnt. But, ocfs2_fast_follow_link() doesn't decrement. This patch fix it by using usual nd_set_link() style error handling, instead of playing with nd->path. Signed-off-by: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ocfs2/symlink.c | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/ocfs2/symlink.c~namei-ocfs2-follow_link-fix fs/ocfs2/symlink.c --- linux-2.6/fs/ocfs2/symlink.c~namei-ocfs2-follow_link-fix 2010-01-12 00:15:14.000000000 +0900 +++ linux-2.6-hirofumi/fs/ocfs2/symlink.c 2010-01-12 00:15:14.000000000 +0900 @@ -137,20 +137,20 @@ static void *ocfs2_fast_follow_link(stru } memcpy(link, target, len); - nd_set_link(nd, link); bail: + nd_set_link(nd, status ? ERR_PTR(status) : link); brelse(bh); mlog_exit(status); - return status ? ERR_PTR(status) : link; + return NULL; } static void ocfs2_fast_put_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd, void *cookie) { - char *link = cookie; - - kfree(link); + char *link = nd_get_link(nd); + if (!IS_ERR(link)) + kfree(link); } const struct inode_operations ocfs2_symlink_inode_operations = { _ -- OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html