From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> If we get ERR_PTR() from get_link(), we are guaranteed to get err != 0 when we break out of do-while, so we are going to hit if (err) return err; shortly after it. Pull that into the if (IS_ERR(s)) body. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/namei.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 7537ae0..ea528ca 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -1784,7 +1784,9 @@ static int link_path_walk(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd) if (unlikely(IS_ERR(s))) { err = PTR_ERR(s); - break; + current->link_count--; + nd->depth--; + return err; } err = 0; if (likely(s)) { -- 2.1.4 -- 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