On Fri, Feb 07, 2025 at 02:36:48PM +1100, NeilBrown wrote:
> @@ -1690,6 +1692,15 @@ struct dentry *lookup_one_qstr_excl(const struct qstr *name,
> dput(dentry);
> dentry = old;
> }
> +found:
... and if ->lookup() returns an error, this will blow up (as bot has just
reported).
> + if (d_is_negative(dentry) && !(flags & LOOKUP_CREATE)) {
> + dput(dentry);
> + return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
> + }
> + if (d_is_positive(dentry) && (flags & LOOKUP_EXCL)) {
> + dput(dentry);
> + return ERR_PTR(-EEXIST);
> + }
> @@ -4077,27 +4084,13 @@ static struct dentry *filename_create(int dfd, struct filename *name,
> * '/', and a directory wasn't requested.
> */
> if (last.name[last.len] && !want_dir)
> - create_flags = 0;
> + create_flags &= ~LOOKUP_CREATE;
See the patch I've posted in earlier thread; the entire "strip LOOKUP_CREATE"
thing is wrong.
