Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/xattr.c | 23 ++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c index f3a2ffa..5b6e48d 100644 --- a/fs/xattr.c +++ b/fs/xattr.c @@ -370,16 +370,21 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(setxattr, const char __user *, pathname, { struct path path; int error; + unsigned int try = 0; + unsigned int lookup_flags = LOOKUP_FOLLOW; - error = user_path(pathname, &path); - if (error) - return error; - error = mnt_want_write(path.mnt); - if (!error) { - error = setxattr(path.dentry, name, value, size, flags); - mnt_drop_write(path.mnt); - } - path_put(&path); + do { + error = user_path_at(AT_FDCWD, pathname, lookup_flags, &path); + if (error) + break; + error = mnt_want_write(path.mnt); + if (!error) { + error = setxattr(path.dentry, name, value, size, flags); + mnt_drop_write(path.mnt); + } + path_put(&path); + lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_REVAL; + } while (retry_estale(error, try++)); return error; } -- 1.7.11.7 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html