linux-kernel - [PATCH v8 18/32] vfs: make fchownat retry once on ESTALE errors

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Date:	Sat, 27 Oct 2012 08:33:25 -0400
From:	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
To:	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, michael.brantley@...haw.com,
	hch@...radead.org, miklos@...redi.hu, pstaubach@...grid.com
Subject: [PATCH v8 18/32] vfs: make fchownat retry once on ESTALE errors

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
---
 fs/open.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 06f04bd..abb52b9 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -564,24 +564,29 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(fchownat, int, dfd, const char __user *, filename, uid_t, user,
 	struct path path;
 	int error = -EINVAL;
 	int lookup_flags;
+	unsigned int try = 0;
 
 	if ((flag & ~(AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW | AT_EMPTY_PATH)) != 0)
-		goto out;
+		return error;
 
 	lookup_flags = (flag & AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) ? 0 : LOOKUP_FOLLOW;
 	if (flag & AT_EMPTY_PATH)
 		lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_EMPTY;
-	error = user_path_at(dfd, filename, lookup_flags, &path);
-	if (error)
-		goto out;
-	error = mnt_want_write(path.mnt);
-	if (error)
-		goto out_release;
-	error = chown_common(&path, user, group);
-	mnt_drop_write(path.mnt);
-out_release:
-	path_put(&path);
-out:
+
+	do {
+		error = user_path_at(dfd, filename, lookup_flags, &path);
+		if (error)
+			break;
+
+		error = mnt_want_write(path.mnt);
+		if (!error) {
+			error = chown_common(&path, user, group);
+			mnt_drop_write(path.mnt);
+		}
+
+		path_put(&path);
+		lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_REVAL;
+	} while (retry_estale(error, try++));
 	return error;
 }
 
-- 
1.7.11.7

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