linux-kernel - [PATCH] gfs2: Fix refcnt leak on gfs2_follow

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Date:	Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:36:57 +0900
From:	OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>
To:	Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@...hat.com>
Cc:	cluster-devel@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] gfs2: Fix refcnt leak on gfs2_follow_link() error path


If ->follow_link handler return the error, it should decrement
nd->path refcnt.

This patch fix it.

Signed-off-by: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>
---

 fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c~namei-gfs2-follow_link-fix fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c
--- linux-2.6/fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c~namei-gfs2-follow_link-fix	2010-01-12 00:15:12.000000000 +0900
+++ linux-2.6-hirofumi/fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c	2010-01-12 00:15:12.000000000 +0900
@@ -1086,7 +1086,8 @@ static void *gfs2_follow_link(struct den
 		error = vfs_follow_link(nd, buf);
 		if (buf != array)
 			kfree(buf);
-	}
+	} else
+		path_put(&nd->path);
 
 	return ERR_PTR(error);
 }
_

-- 
OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>
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