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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index c7e43536c49a..01e67dddcc3d 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -581,15 +581,13 @@ static __always_inline int link_path_walk(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd
int result;
/* make sure the stuff we saved doesn't go away */
- dget(save.dentry);
- mntget(save.mnt);
+ path_get(&save);
result = __link_path_walk(name, nd);
if (result == -ESTALE) {
/* nd->path had been dropped */
nd->path = save;
- dget(nd->path.dentry);
- mntget(nd->path.mnt);
+ path_get(&nd->path);
nd->flags |= LOOKUP_REVAL;
result = __link_path_walk(name, nd);
}
@@ -1216,8 +1214,9 @@ int vfs_path_lookup(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *mnt,
nd->flags = flags;
nd->depth = 0;
- nd->path.mnt = mntget(mnt);
- nd->path.dentry = dget(dentry);
+ nd->path.dentry = dentry;
+ nd->path.mnt = mnt;
+ path_get(&nd->path);
retval = path_walk(name, nd);
if (unlikely(!retval && !audit_dummy_context() && nd->path.dentry &&
@@ -2857,16 +2856,17 @@ int generic_readlink(struct dentry *dentry, char __user *buffer, int buflen)
{
struct nameidata nd;
void *cookie;
+ int res;
nd.depth = 0;
cookie = dentry->d_inode->i_op->follow_link(dentry, &nd);
- if (!IS_ERR(cookie)) {
- int res = vfs_readlink(dentry, buffer, buflen, nd_get_link(&nd));
- if (dentry->d_inode->i_op->put_link)
- dentry->d_inode->i_op->put_link(dentry, &nd, cookie);
- cookie = ERR_PTR(res);
- }
- return PTR_ERR(cookie);
+ if (IS_ERR(cookie))
+ return PTR_ERR(cookie);
+
+ res = vfs_readlink(dentry, buffer, buflen, nd_get_link(&nd));
+ if (dentry->d_inode->i_op->put_link)
+ dentry->d_inode->i_op->put_link(dentry, &nd, cookie);
+ return res;
}
int vfs_follow_link(struct nameidata *nd, const char *link)