From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> very simple - just make path_put() conditional on !RCU. Note that right now it doesn't get called in RCU mode - we leave it before getting anything into stack. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/namei.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 4303404..998c3c2 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -750,7 +750,8 @@ static inline void put_link(struct nameidata *nd) struct inode *inode = last->inode; if (last->cookie && inode->i_op->put_link) inode->i_op->put_link(inode, last->cookie); - path_put(&last->link); + if (!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)) + path_put(&last->link); } int sysctl_protected_symlinks __read_mostly = 0; -- 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
