From fd2805be238947eb819284189205e8de6f6c41c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Al Viro Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 12:02:25 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] do_last: kill symlink_ok When O_PATH is present, O_CREAT isn't, so symlink_ok is always equal to (open_flags & O_PATH) && !(nd->flags & LOOKUP_FOLLOW). Signed-off-by: Al Viro --- fs/namei.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 4c1a8bf917e4..3e452338f1b7 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -2931,7 +2931,6 @@ static int do_last(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path, bool got_write = false; int acc_mode = op->acc_mode; struct inode *inode; - bool symlink_ok = false; struct path save_parent = { .dentry = NULL, .mnt = NULL }; bool retried = false; int error; @@ -2949,8 +2948,6 @@ static int do_last(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path, if (!(open_flag & O_CREAT)) { if (nd->last.name[nd->last.len]) nd->flags |= LOOKUP_FOLLOW | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY; - if (open_flag & O_PATH && !(nd->flags & LOOKUP_FOLLOW)) - symlink_ok = true; /* we _can_ be in RCU mode here */ error = lookup_fast(nd, path, &inode); if (likely(!error)) @@ -3050,7 +3047,8 @@ retry_lookup: } finish_lookup: /* we _can_ be in RCU mode here */ - if (should_follow_link(path->dentry, !symlink_ok)) { + if (should_follow_link(path->dentry, + !(open_flag & O_PATH) || (nd->flags & LOOKUP_FOLLOW))) { if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) { if (unlikely(nd->path.mnt != path->mnt || unlazy_walk(nd, path->dentry))) { -- 2.20.1