[PATCH 1/4] autofs4 - check for invalid dentry in getpath

From: Ian Kent
Date: Mon Feb 25 2008 - 22:25:47 EST


Hi Andrew,

Patch to catch invalid dentry when calculating it's path.

Signed-off-by: Ian Kent <raven@xxxxxxxxxx>

Ian

---
diff -up linux-2.6.25-rc2-mm1/fs/autofs4/waitq.c.getpath-check-valid-dentry linux-2.6.25-rc2-mm1/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
--- linux-2.6.25-rc2-mm1/fs/autofs4/waitq.c.getpath-check-valid-dentry 2008-02-20 12:55:39.000000000 +0900
+++ linux-2.6.25-rc2-mm1/fs/autofs4/waitq.c 2008-02-20 12:54:46.000000000 +0900
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ static int autofs4_getpath(struct autofs
for (tmp = dentry ; tmp != root ; tmp = tmp->d_parent)
len += tmp->d_name.len + 1;

- if (--len > NAME_MAX) {
+ if (!len || --len > NAME_MAX) {
spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
return 0;
}
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