linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/3] eCryptfs: no path_release() after path

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Message-ID: <20070223004017.GB22628@us.ibm.com>
Date:	Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:40:17 -0600
From:	Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@...ibm.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] eCryptfs: no path_release() after path_lookup() error

Dmitriy Monakhov wrote:
> if path_lookup() return non zero code we don't have to worry about
> 'nd' parameter, but ecryptfs_read_super does path_release(&nd) after
> path_lookup has failed, and dentry counter becomes negative

Do not do a path_release after a path_lookup error.

Signed-off-by: Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@...ibm.com>
---
 fs/ecryptfs/main.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/main.c b/fs/ecryptfs/main.c
index 80044d1..812427e 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/main.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/main.c
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ static int ecryptfs_read_super(struct super_block *sb, const char *dev_name)
 	rc = path_lookup(dev_name, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &nd);
 	if (rc) {
 		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_WARNING, "path_lookup() failed\n");
-		goto out_free;
+		goto out;
 	}
 	lower_root = nd.dentry;
 	if (!lower_root->d_inode) {
-- 
1.4.4.4

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