fs: namei fix ->put_link on wrong inode in do_filp_open J. R. Okajima noticed that ->put_link is being attempted on the wrong inode, and suggested the way to fix it. I changed it a bit according to Al's suggestion to keep an explicit link path around. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin Index: linux-2.6/fs/namei.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/namei.c 2011-01-14 18:26:02.000000000 +1100 +++ linux-2.6/fs/namei.c 2011-01-14 19:10:02.000000000 +1100 @@ -779,7 +779,8 @@ static void path_put_conditional(struct mntput(path->mnt); } -static inline void path_to_nameidata(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd) +static inline void path_to_nameidata(const struct path *path, + struct nameidata *nd) { if (!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)) { dput(nd->path.dentry); @@ -791,20 +792,20 @@ static inline void path_to_nameidata(str } static __always_inline int -__do_follow_link(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd, void **p) +__do_follow_link(const struct path *link, struct nameidata *nd, void **p) { int error; - struct dentry *dentry = path->dentry; + struct dentry *dentry = link->dentry; - touch_atime(path->mnt, dentry); + touch_atime(link->mnt, dentry); nd_set_link(nd, NULL); - if (path->mnt != nd->path.mnt) { - path_to_nameidata(path, nd); + if (link->mnt != nd->path.mnt) { + path_to_nameidata(link, nd); nd->inode = nd->path.dentry->d_inode; dget(dentry); } - mntget(path->mnt); + mntget(link->mnt); nd->last_type = LAST_BIND; *p = dentry->d_inode->i_op->follow_link(dentry, nd); @@ -2347,11 +2348,12 @@ struct file *do_filp_open(int dfd, const nd.flags = flags; filp = do_last(&nd, &path, open_flag, acc_mode, mode, pathname); while (unlikely(!filp)) { /* trailing symlink */ - struct path holder; + struct path link = path; + struct inode *linki = link.dentry->d_inode; void *cookie; error = -ELOOP; /* S_ISDIR part is a temporary automount kludge */ - if (!(nd.flags & LOOKUP_FOLLOW) && !S_ISDIR(nd.inode->i_mode)) + if (!(nd.flags & LOOKUP_FOLLOW) && !S_ISDIR(linki->i_mode)) goto exit_dput; if (count++ == 32) goto exit_dput; @@ -2367,23 +2369,22 @@ struct file *do_filp_open(int dfd, const * just set LAST_BIND. */ nd.flags |= LOOKUP_PARENT; - error = security_inode_follow_link(path.dentry, &nd); + error = security_inode_follow_link(link.dentry, &nd); if (error) goto exit_dput; - error = __do_follow_link(&path, &nd, &cookie); + error = __do_follow_link(&link, &nd, &cookie); if (unlikely(error)) { - if (!IS_ERR(cookie) && nd.inode->i_op->put_link) - nd.inode->i_op->put_link(path.dentry, &nd, cookie); + if (!IS_ERR(cookie) && linki->i_op->put_link) + linki->i_op->put_link(link.dentry, &nd, cookie); /* nd.path had been dropped */ - nd.path = path; + nd.path = link; goto out_path; } - holder = path; nd.flags &= ~LOOKUP_PARENT; filp = do_last(&nd, &path, open_flag, acc_mode, mode, pathname); - if (nd.inode->i_op->put_link) - nd.inode->i_op->put_link(holder.dentry, &nd, cookie); - path_put(&holder); + if (linki->i_op->put_link) + linki->i_op->put_link(link.dentry, &nd, cookie); + path_put(&link); } out: if (nd.root.mnt)