From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/namei.c | 11 +++++------ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 955dc7f..308f325 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -3052,6 +3052,11 @@ finish_lookup: } } BUG_ON(inode != path->dentry->d_inode); + if (!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_FOLLOW)) { + path_put_conditional(path, nd); + path_put(&nd->path); + return -ELOOP; + } return 1; } @@ -3236,12 +3241,6 @@ static struct file *path_openat(int dfd, struct filename *pathname, while (unlikely(error > 0)) { /* trailing symlink */ struct path link = path; void *cookie; - if (!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_FOLLOW)) { - path_put_conditional(&path, nd); - path_put(&nd->path); - error = -ELOOP; - break; - } error = may_follow_link(&link, nd); if (unlikely(error)) break; -- 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