...as always, rename is the messiest of the bunch... Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/namei.c | 13 +++++++++++-- 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index a40dcbb..3e15aea 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -3274,12 +3274,15 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(renameat, int, olddfd, const char __user *, oldname, char *from; char *to; int error; + unsigned int try = 0; + bool should_retry = false; - error = user_path_parent(olddfd, oldname, &oldnd, &from, false); +retry: + error = user_path_parent(olddfd, oldname, &oldnd, &from, try); if (error) goto exit; - error = user_path_parent(newdfd, newname, &newnd, &to, false); + error = user_path_parent(newdfd, newname, &newnd, &to, try); if (error) goto exit1; @@ -3348,12 +3351,18 @@ exit4: dput(old_dentry); exit3: unlock_rename(new_dir, old_dir); + if (retry_estale(error, try++)) + should_retry = true; exit2: path_put(&newnd.path); putname(to); exit1: path_put(&oldnd.path); putname(from); + if (should_retry) { + should_retry = false; + goto retry; + } exit: return error; } -- 1.7.7.6 -- 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