From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> With LOOKUP_FOLLOW we unlazy and return 1; without it we either fail with ELOOP or, for O_PATH opens, succeed. No need to mix those cases... Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/namei.c | 14 +++++++------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 58293a8..02b7952 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -3040,8 +3040,7 @@ finish_lookup: goto out; } - if (should_follow_link(path->dentry, - !(open_flag & O_PATH) || (nd->flags & LOOKUP_FOLLOW))) { + if (should_follow_link(path->dentry, nd->flags & LOOKUP_FOLLOW)) { if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) { if (unlikely(nd->path.mnt != path->mnt || unlazy_walk(nd, path->dentry))) { @@ -3050,14 +3049,15 @@ 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; } + if (unlikely(d_is_symlink(path->dentry)) && !(open_flag & O_PATH)) { + path_to_nameidata(path, nd); + error = -ELOOP; + goto out; + } + if ((nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) || nd->path.mnt != path->mnt) { path_to_nameidata(path, nd); } else { -- 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