linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/11] 9p: fix dentry leak in v9fs_vfs_atomic_open

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Message-ID: <20130916220241.GF13318@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Mon, 16 Sep 2013 23:02:41 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
Cc:	Linux-Fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"mszeredi@...e.cz" <mszeredi@...e.cz>,
	Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@...il.com>,
	"M. Mohan Kumar" <mohan@...ibm.com>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/11] 9p: fix dentry leak in v9fs_vfs_atomic_open_dotl()

On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 10:09:46PM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote:

> > I would definitely prefer EEXIST logics dealt with in fs/namei.c - if nothing
> > else, it had been done wrong in too many instances...
> 
> Okay.

OK, so I'm taking 1, 5, 9, 10, 11, then add check to fs/namei.c:atomic_open(),
leaving the rest of gfs2 ones for gfs2 tree...  Give me a few and I'll push
that.
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