Re: [PATCH v3] scsi: target: fix recursive locking in __configfs_open_file()

[Al Viro]

On Thu, Feb 05, 2026 at 09:56:24PM +0530, Prithvi Tambewagh wrote:

> +	r = kern_path(db_root_stage, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &path);
> +	if (r) {
>  		pr_err("db_root: cannot open: %s\n", db_root_stage);
>  		goto unlock;
>  	}
> -	if (!S_ISDIR(file_inode(fp)->i_mode)) {
> -		filp_close(fp, NULL);
> +	if (!d_is_dir(path.dentry)) {
> +		path_put(&path);
>  		pr_err("db_root: not a directory: %s\n", db_root_stage);
> +		r = -ENOTDIR;
>  		goto unlock;
>  	}
> -	filp_close(fp, NULL);
> +	path_put(&path);

Just pass it LOOKUP_FOLLOW | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY and be done with the manual
"is it a directory" tests in any form...