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diff --git a/fs/stat.c b/fs/stat.c
index d22199527880..14f45459c83d 100644
--- a/fs/stat.c
+++ b/fs/stat.c
@@ -300,11 +300,13 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(readlinkat, int, dfd, const char __user *, pathname,
struct path path;
int error;
int empty = 0;
+ unsigned int lookup_flags = LOOKUP_EMPTY;
if (bufsiz <= 0)
return -EINVAL;
- error = user_path_at_empty(dfd, pathname, LOOKUP_EMPTY, &path, &empty);
+retry:
+ error = user_path_at_empty(dfd, pathname, lookup_flags, &path, &empty);
if (!error) {
struct inode *inode = path.dentry->d_inode;
@@ -318,6 +320,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(readlinkat, int, dfd, const char __user *, pathname,
}
}
path_put(&path);
+ if (retry_estale(error, lookup_flags)) {
+ lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_REVAL;
+ goto retry;
+ }
}
return error;
}