From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx> Use helper variable instead of path->dentry->d_inode before complete_walk(). This will allow this code to be used in RCU mode. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx> --- fs/namei.c | 7 ++++--- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 0ca5e40..58d1f62 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -2389,15 +2389,16 @@ static struct file *do_last(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path, if (error) nd->flags |= LOOKUP_JUMPED; + inode = path->dentry->d_inode; error = -ENOENT; - if (!path->dentry->d_inode) + if (!inode) goto exit_dput; - if (path->dentry->d_inode->i_op->follow_link) + if (inode->i_op->follow_link) return NULL; path_to_nameidata(path, nd); - nd->inode = path->dentry->d_inode; + nd->inode = inode; /* Why this, you ask? _Now_ we might have grown LOOKUP_JUMPED... */ error = complete_walk(nd); if (error) -- 1.7.7 -- 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
