From: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@xxxxxxxxxxx> When directory hierarchy is corrupted and contains cycles, d_splice_alias() can fail. Warn user if that happens. Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> --- fs/exofs/namei.c | 6 +++++- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/exofs/namei.c b/fs/exofs/namei.c index fc7161d..6f44d3c 100644 --- a/fs/exofs/namei.c +++ b/fs/exofs/namei.c @@ -50,13 +50,17 @@ static struct dentry *exofs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, { struct inode *inode; ino_t ino; + struct dentry *ret; if (dentry->d_name.len > EXOFS_NAME_LEN) return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG); ino = exofs_inode_by_name(dir, dentry); inode = ino ? exofs_iget(dir->i_sb, ino) : NULL; - return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry); + ret = d_splice_alias(inode, dentry); + if (IS_ERR(ret)) + EXOFS_ERR("directory #%lu corrupted", dir->i_ino); + return ret; } static int exofs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, -- 1.7.1 -- 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