Hi Stephen,
On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 04:41:41PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> After merging the akpm tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
> ppc64_defconfig) failed like this:
>
> fs/namei.c: In function 'path_openat':
> fs/namei.c:2874:4: error: 'filp' undeclared (first use in this function)
>
> Caused by patch "fs: add link restrictions" from the akpm tree
> interacting with (at least) commit 4066cd545681 ("vfs: remove open
> intents from nameidata") from the vfs tree.
>
> I don't know how to fix this, so I have reverted the akpm patch for today
> (in the hope that someone else will fix it).
It looks like namei.c changed the logic of the lookup loop. This should
fix it.
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
diff -uNrp a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
--- a/fs/namei.c 2012-06-25 09:30:28.125746562 -0700
+++ b/fs/namei.c 2012-06-25 09:31:29.456997558 -0700
@@ -2870,10 +2870,8 @@ static struct file *path_openat(int dfd,
break;
}
error = may_follow_link(&link);
- if (unlikely(error)) {
- filp = ERR_PTR(error);
+ if (unlikely(error))
break;
- }
nd->flags |= LOOKUP_PARENT;
nd->flags &= ~(LOOKUP_OPEN|LOOKUP_CREATE|LOOKUP_EXCL);
error = follow_link(&link, nd, &cookie);
--
Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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