[PATCH 06/16] vfs: do_last(): make ENOENT exit RCU safe

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From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx>

This will allow this code to be used in RCU mode.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx>
---
 fs/namei.c |    6 ++++--
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index a3a0fa1..d9b0eba 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2362,8 +2362,10 @@ static struct file *do_last(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path,
 
 	inode = path->dentry->d_inode;
 	error = -ENOENT;
-	if (!inode)
-		goto exit_dput;
+	if (!inode) {
+		path_to_nameidata(path, nd);
+		goto exit;
+	}
 
 	if (should_follow_link(inode, !symlink_ok)) {
 		if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) {
-- 
1.7.7

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