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-rw-r--r--fs/namei.c7
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 6a884682b0a7..444086d441e1 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -506,7 +506,8 @@ static inline int __do_follow_link(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd)
touch_atime(nd->mnt, dentry);
nd_set_link(nd, NULL);
- mntget(path->mnt);
+ if (path->mnt == nd->mnt)
+ mntget(path->mnt);
error = dentry->d_inode->i_op->follow_link(dentry, nd);
if (!error) {
char *s = nd_get_link(nd);
@@ -543,8 +544,6 @@ static inline int do_follow_link(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd)
current->link_count++;
current->total_link_count++;
nd->depth++;
- if (path->mnt != nd->mnt)
- mntput(path->mnt);
err = __do_follow_link(path, nd);
current->link_count--;
nd->depth--;
@@ -1550,8 +1549,6 @@ do_link:
error = security_inode_follow_link(path.dentry, nd);
if (error)
goto exit_dput;
- if (nd->mnt != path.mnt)
- mntput(path.mnt);
error = __do_follow_link(&path, nd);
if (error)
return error;