From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> move increment of ->depth to the point where we'd discovered that get_link() has not returned an error, adjust exits accordingly. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/namei.c | 15 ++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 800cf7e..51bcbec 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -2001,8 +2001,11 @@ static int trailing_symlink(struct nameidata *nd) s = get_link(nd); if (unlikely(IS_ERR(s))) return PTR_ERR(s); - if (unlikely(!s)) + nd->depth++; + if (unlikely(!s)) { + nd->depth--; return 0; + } if (*s == '/') { if (!nd->root.mnt) set_root(nd); @@ -2012,12 +2015,14 @@ static int trailing_symlink(struct nameidata *nd) nd->flags |= LOOKUP_JUMPED; } nd->inode = nd->path.dentry->d_inode; - nd->depth++; error = link_path_walk(s, nd); - nd->depth--; - if (unlikely(error)) + if (unlikely(error)) { + nd->depth--; put_link(nd); - return error; + return error; + } + nd->depth--; + return 0; } static inline int lookup_last(struct nameidata *nd) -- 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