This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled io_uring/fs: consider link->flags when getting path for LINKAT to the 5.15-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: io_uring-fs-consider-link-flags-when-getting-path-for-linkat.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.15 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 8479063f1fbee201a8739130e816cc331b675838 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Charles Mirabile <cmirabil@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2023 05:55:45 -0500 Subject: io_uring/fs: consider link->flags when getting path for LINKAT From: Charles Mirabile <cmirabil@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 8479063f1fbee201a8739130e816cc331b675838 upstream. In order for `AT_EMPTY_PATH` to work as expected, the fact that the user wants that behavior needs to make it to `getname_flags` or it will return ENOENT. Fixes: cf30da90bc3a ("io_uring: add support for IORING_OP_LINKAT") Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://github.com/axboe/liburing/issues/995 Signed-off-by: Charles Mirabile <cmirabil@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231120105545.1209530-1-cmirabil@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- io_uring/io_uring.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/io_uring/io_uring.c +++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c @@ -4049,7 +4049,7 @@ static int io_linkat_prep(struct io_kioc newf = u64_to_user_ptr(READ_ONCE(sqe->addr2)); lnk->flags = READ_ONCE(sqe->hardlink_flags); - lnk->oldpath = getname(oldf); + lnk->oldpath = getname_uflags(oldf, lnk->flags); if (IS_ERR(lnk->oldpath)) return PTR_ERR(lnk->oldpath); Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from cmirabil@xxxxxxxxxx are queue-5.15/io_uring-fs-consider-link-flags-when-getting-path-for-linkat.patch