From 47f9dbd3877d9d9757366278a65d9fb3de5c1c4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Al Viro Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 02:52:55 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] do_last(): get rid of duplicate ELOOP check may_open() will catch it Signed-off-by: Al Viro --- fs/namei.c | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index ed48178ada19..6503767746f6 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -3195,10 +3195,6 @@ finish_open: return error; } audit_inode(nd->name, nd->path.dentry, 0); - if (unlikely(d_is_symlink(nd->path.dentry))) { - error = -ELOOP; - goto out; - } error = -EISDIR; if ((open_flag & O_CREAT) && d_is_dir(nd->path.dentry)) goto out; -- 2.20.1