Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/namei.c | 22 +++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 9068375..ac731fc 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -3524,21 +3524,25 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(symlinkat, const char __user *, oldname, struct getname_info *from; struct dentry *dentry; struct path path; + unsigned int try = 0; from = getname(oldname); if (IS_ERR(from)) return PTR_ERR(from); - dentry = user_path_create(newdfd, newname, &path, false, false); - error = PTR_ERR(dentry); - if (IS_ERR(dentry)) - goto out_putname; + do { + dentry = user_path_create(newdfd, newname, &path, false, false); + if (IS_ERR(dentry)) { + error = PTR_ERR(dentry); + break; + } - error = security_path_symlink(&path, dentry, from->name); - if (!error) - error = vfs_symlink(path.dentry->d_inode, dentry, from->name); - done_path_create(&path, dentry); -out_putname: + error = security_path_symlink(&path, dentry, from->name); + if (!error) + error = vfs_symlink(path.dentry->d_inode, dentry, + from->name); + done_path_create(&path, dentry); + } while (retry_estale(error, try++)); putname(from); return error; } -- 1.7.11.4 -- 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