If user space attempts to unlink a non-existent file, and the file system is mounted read-only, return ENOENT instead of EROFS. Either error code is arguably valid/correct, but ENOENT is a more specific error message. Reported-by: Michael Tokarev <mjt@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx> --- fs/namei.c | 7 +++---- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 1ab641f..30398db 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -2708,11 +2708,10 @@ static long do_unlinkat(int dfd, const char __user *pathname) error = PTR_ERR(dentry); if (!IS_ERR(dentry)) { /* Why not before? Because we want correct error value */ - if (nd.last.name[nd.last.len]) - goto slashes; inode = dentry->d_inode; - if (inode) - ihold(inode); + if (nd.last.name[nd.last.len] || !inode) + goto slashes; + ihold(inode); error = mnt_want_write(nd.path.mnt); if (error) goto exit2; -- 1.7.4.1.22.gec8e1.dirty -- 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