From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Instead of saving name and branching to OK:, where we'll immediately restore it, and call walk_component() with WALK_PUT|WALK_GET and nd->last_type being LAST_BIND, which is equivalent to put_link(nd), err = 0, we can just treat that the same way we'd treat procfs-style "jump" symlinks - do put_link(nd) and move on. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/namei.c | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 678aeef..c5eb77a 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -1865,11 +1865,13 @@ OK: ; } nd->inode = nd->path.dentry->d_inode; - nd->stack[nd->depth - 1].name = name; - if (!*s) - goto OK; - name = s; - continue; + if (unlikely(!*s)) { + put_link(nd); + } else { + nd->stack[nd->depth - 1].name = name; + name = s; + continue; + } } } if (!d_can_lookup(nd->path.dentry)) { -- 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