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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/namei.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/namei.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index c36ff6f8195a..127c868a8992 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -3783,7 +3783,10 @@ static struct file *path_openat(struct nameidata *nd, WARN_ON(1); error = -EINVAL; } - fput(file); + if (unlikely(file->f_mode & FMODE_OPENED)) + fput(file); + else + release_empty_file(file); if (error == -EOPENSTALE) { if (flags & LOOKUP_RCU) error = -ECHILD; |