[PATCH 02/16] vfs: do_last(): make exit RCU safe

From: Miklos Szeredi
Date: Wed Apr 25 2012 - 08:48:25 EST


From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx>

Allow returning from do_last() with LOOKUP_RCU still set on the "out:" and
"exit:" labels.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx>
---
fs/namei.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index fcd807a..020a62f 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2385,7 +2385,7 @@ common:
out:
if (want_write)
mnt_drop_write(nd->path.mnt);
- path_put(&nd->path);
+ terminate_walk(nd);
return filp;

exit_mutex_unlock:
--
1.7.7

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