[PATCH 16/17] configfs: call drop_link() to cleanup after create_link() failure

From: Mark Fasheh
Date: Mon Jul 14 2008 - 18:08:33 EST


From: Louis Rilling <Louis.Rilling@xxxxxxxxxxx>

When allow_link() succeeds but create_link() fails, the subsystem is not
informed of the failure.

This patch fixes this by calling drop_link() on create_link() failures.

Signed-off-by: Louis Rilling <Louis.Rilling@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/configfs/symlink.c | 6 +++++-
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/configfs/symlink.c b/fs/configfs/symlink.c
index faeb441..0004d18 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/symlink.c
@@ -140,8 +140,12 @@ int configfs_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, const char *symna
goto out_put;

ret = type->ct_item_ops->allow_link(parent_item, target_item);
- if (!ret)
+ if (!ret) {
ret = create_link(parent_item, target_item, dentry);
+ if (ret && type->ct_item_ops->drop_link)
+ type->ct_item_ops->drop_link(parent_item,
+ target_item);
+ }

config_item_put(target_item);
path_put(&nd.path);
--
1.5.4.1

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