3.12-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit ede4cebce16f5643c61aedd6d88d9070a1d23a68 upstream. ... and equivalent is needed in 3.12; it's broken there as well Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Michael Marineau <michael.marineau@xxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Waiman Long <Waiman.Long@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/dcache.c | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/fs/dcache.c +++ b/fs/dcache.c @@ -2881,9 +2881,9 @@ static int prepend_path(const struct pat const struct path *root, char **buffer, int *buflen) { - struct dentry *dentry = path->dentry; - struct vfsmount *vfsmnt = path->mnt; - struct mount *mnt = real_mount(vfsmnt); + struct dentry *dentry; + struct vfsmount *vfsmnt; + struct mount *mnt; int error = 0; unsigned seq = 0; char *bptr; @@ -2893,6 +2893,9 @@ static int prepend_path(const struct pat restart: bptr = *buffer; blen = *buflen; + dentry = path->dentry; + vfsmnt = path->mnt; + mnt = real_mount(vfsmnt); read_seqbegin_or_lock(&rename_lock, &seq); while (dentry != root->dentry || vfsmnt != root->mnt) { struct dentry * parent; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html