static struct dentry *ecryptfs_lookup_interpose(struct dentry *dentry,
struct dentry *lower_dentry)
{
- struct inode *inode, *lower_inode = d_inode(lower_dentry);
+ struct inode *inode, *lower_inode;
struct ecryptfs_dentry_info *dentry_info;
struct vfsmount *lower_mnt;
int rc = 0;
dentry_info->lower_path.mnt = lower_mnt;
dentry_info->lower_path.dentry = lower_dentry;
- if (d_really_is_negative(lower_dentry)) {
+ /*
+ * negative dentry can go positive under us here - its parent is not
+ * locked. That's OK and that could happen just as we return from
+ * ecryptfs_lookup() anyway. Just need to be careful and fetch
+ * ->d_inode only once - it's not stable here.
+ */
+ lower_inode = READ_ONCE(lower_dentry->d_inode);
+
+ if (!lower_inode) {
/* We want to add because we couldn't find in lower */
d_add(dentry, NULL);
return NULL;