Re: [PATCH] ecryptfs: Fix refcnt leak on ecryptfs_follow_link()error path

From: Al Viro
Date: Wed Jan 13 2010 - 22:43:20 EST


On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 12:32:13PM +0900, OGAWA Hirofumi wrote:
> Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 03:36:14AM +0900, OGAWA Hirofumi wrote:
> >>
> >> If ->follow_link handler return the error, it should decrement
> >> nd->path refcnt. But, ecryptfs_follow_link() doesn't decrement.
> >>
> >> This patch fix it by using usual nd_set_link() style error handling,
> >> instead of playing with nd->path.
> >
> > Applied.
>
> Sigh, sorry. I introduced new bug by this patch. Please apply this too.

I'll fold it. BTW, while we are at it, there's a leak in configfs/symlink.c
get_target() as well ;-/
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