clear RCU on all failure exits from link_path_walk()
authorAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Fri, 4 Mar 2011 19:28:10 +0000 (14:28 -0500)
committerAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:15:25 +0000 (09:15 -0400)
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
fs/namei.c

index d29f91e8ff3d0b8da74b6b02ef2c406b3517e10c..f09887a45831498525d7520e4bc7f4c59e1a8919 100644 (file)
@@ -1405,8 +1405,9 @@ static int link_path_walk(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd)
                 * parent relationships.
                 */
                if (unlikely(type != LAST_NORM)) {
-                       if (handle_dots(nd, type))
-                               return -ECHILD;
+                       err = handle_dots(nd, type);
+                       if (err)
+                               goto return_err;
                        continue;
                }
 
@@ -1441,8 +1442,9 @@ last_component:
                if (lookup_flags & LOOKUP_PARENT)
                        goto lookup_parent;
                if (unlikely(type != LAST_NORM)) {
-                       if (handle_dots(nd, type))
-                               return -ECHILD;
+                       err = handle_dots(nd, type);
+                       if (err)
+                               goto return_err;
                        return 0;
                }
                err = do_lookup(nd, &this, &next, &inode);
@@ -1475,6 +1477,12 @@ lookup_parent:
        if (!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU))
                path_put(&nd->path);
 return_err:
+       if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) {
+               nd->flags &= ~LOOKUP_RCU;
+               nd->root.mnt = NULL;
+               rcu_read_unlock();
+               br_read_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
+       }
        return err;
 }
 
@@ -1585,16 +1593,10 @@ static int path_lookupat(int dfd, const char *name,
        retval = link_path_walk(name, nd);
 
        if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) {
-               /* RCU dangling. Cancel it. */
-               if (!retval) {
-                       if (nameidata_drop_rcu_last(nd))
-                               retval = -ECHILD;
-               } else {
-                       nd->flags &= ~LOOKUP_RCU;
-                       nd->root.mnt = NULL;
-                       rcu_read_unlock();
-                       br_read_unlock(vfsmount_lock);
-               }
+               /* went all way through without dropping RCU */
+               BUG_ON(retval);
+               if (nameidata_drop_rcu_last(nd))
+                       retval = -ECHILD;
        }
 
        if (!retval)