linux-kernel - [PATCH v8 06/32] vfs: fix mkdir to retry on ESTALE errors

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Message-Id: <1351341219-17837-7-git-send-email-jlayton@redhat.com>
Date:	Sat, 27 Oct 2012 08:33:13 -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 06/32] vfs: fix mkdir to retry on ESTALE errors

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
---
 fs/namei.c | 21 ++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 7b0ca39..6e8db3d 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -3250,17 +3250,20 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(mkdirat, int, dfd, const char __user *, pathname, umode_t, mode)
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 	struct path path;
 	int error;
+	unsigned int try = 0;
 
-	dentry = user_path_create(dfd, pathname, &path, true, false);
-	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
-		return PTR_ERR(dentry);
+	do {
+		dentry = user_path_create(dfd, pathname, &path, true, false);
+		if (IS_ERR(dentry))
+			return PTR_ERR(dentry);
 
-	if (!IS_POSIXACL(path.dentry->d_inode))
-		mode &= ~current_umask();
-	error = security_path_mkdir(&path, dentry, mode);
-	if (!error)
-		error = vfs_mkdir(path.dentry->d_inode, dentry, mode);
-	done_path_create(&path, dentry);
+		if (!IS_POSIXACL(path.dentry->d_inode))
+			mode &= ~current_umask();
+		error = security_path_mkdir(&path, dentry, mode);
+		if (!error)
+			error = vfs_mkdir(path.dentry->d_inode, dentry, mode);
+		done_path_create(&path, dentry);
+	} while (retry_estale(error, try++));
 	return error;
 }
 
-- 
1.7.11.7

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