Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs

torvalds · torvalds · commit e9dcfaff0105 · 2016-03-31T07:19:39.000-05:00
Pull vfs fix from Al Viro. Automount handling was broken by commit e3c1392 ("namei: massage lookup_slow() to be usable by lookup_one_len_unlocked()") moving the test for negative dentry too early. * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: fix the braino in "namei: massage lookup_slow() to be usable by lookup_one_len_unlocked()"
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1740,15 +1740,17 @@ static int walk_component(struct nameidata *nd, int flags)
 					  nd->flags);
 		if (IS_ERR(path.dentry))
 			return PTR_ERR(path.dentry);
-		if (unlikely(d_is_negative(path.dentry))) {
-			dput(path.dentry);
-			return -ENOENT;
-		}
+
 		path.mnt = nd->path.mnt;
 		err = follow_managed(&path, nd);
 		if (unlikely(err < 0))
 			return err;
 
+		if (unlikely(d_is_negative(path.dentry))) {
+			path_to_nameidata(&path, nd);
+			return -ENOENT;
+		}
+
 		seq = 0;	/* we are already out of RCU mode */
 		inode = d_backing_inode(path.dentry);
 	}
