linux-kernel - vfs-scale, nd->inode after __do_follow

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Message-ID: <7352.1294971049@jrobl>
Date:	Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:10:49 +0900
From:	"J. R. Okajima" <hooanon05@...oo.co.jp>
To:	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: vfs-scale, nd->inode after __do_follow_link()


Isn't it path.dentry->d_inode instead of nd.inode?

J. R. Okajima

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 5bb7588..1df3bee 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2356,8 +2374,9 @@ reval:
 			goto exit_dput;
 		error = __do_follow_link(&path, &nd, &cookie);
 		if (unlikely(error)) {
-			if (!IS_ERR(cookie) && nd.inode->i_op->put_link)
-				nd.inode->i_op->put_link(path.dentry, &nd, cookie);
+			struct dentry *i = path.dentry->d_inode;
+			if (!IS_ERR(cookie) && i->i_op->put_link)
+				i->i_op->put_link(path.dentry, &nd, cookie);
 			/* nd.path had been dropped */
 			nd.path = path;
 			goto out_path;
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