linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] VFS: Fix automount for negative autofs dentries

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Date:	Mon, 11 Jul 2011 09:41:47 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	viro@...IV.linux.org.uk, autofs@...ux.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] VFS: Fix automount for negative autofs dentries

> +	if (!(flags & LOOKUP_FOLLOW)) {
> +		/* We do, however, want to mount if someone wants to open or
> +		 * create a file of any type under the mountpoint, wants to
> +		 * traverse through the mountpoint or wants to open the mounted
> +		 * directory.
> +		 */
> +		if (flags & (LOOKUP_CONTINUE | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY |
> +			     LOOKUP_OPEN | LOOKUP_CREATE))
> +			goto need_automount;
> +
> +		/* Also, autofs may mark negative dentries as being automount
> +		 * points.  These will need the attentions of the daemon to
> +		 * instantiate them before they can be used.
> +		 */
> +		if (!path->dentry->d_inode)
> +			goto need_automount;
>  		return -EISDIR;
> +	}
> +need_automount:

That's some really odd code structure.

	if (!(flags & (LOOKUP_FOLLOW | LOOKUP_CONTINUE | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY |
		        LOOKUP_OPEN | LOOKUP_CREATE)) &&
	    path->dentry->d_inode)
		return -EISDIR;

would do the same.

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