linux-kernel - [PATCH 08/15] hostfs: Use __getname() in follow

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Message-Id: <1426506079-26183-9-git-send-email-richard@nod.at>
Date:	Mon, 16 Mar 2015 12:41:12 +0100
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:	user-mode-linux-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, richard@....at
Subject: [PATCH 08/15] hostfs: Use __getname() in follow_link

Be consistent with all other functions in hostfs and just
use __getname().

Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
---
 fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c | 25 +++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index 7260f16..c60d886 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -142,21 +142,19 @@ static char *follow_link(char *link)
 	int len, n;
 	char *name, *resolved, *end;
 
-	len = 64;
-	while (1) {
+	name = __getname();
+	if (!name) {
 		n = -ENOMEM;
-		name = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (name == NULL)
-			goto out;
-
-		n = hostfs_do_readlink(link, name, len);
-		if (n < len)
-			break;
-		len *= 2;
-		kfree(name);
+		goto out_free;
 	}
+
+	n = hostfs_do_readlink(link, name, PATH_MAX);
 	if (n < 0)
 		goto out_free;
+	else if (n == PATH_MAX) {
+		n = -E2BIG;
+		goto out_free;
+	}
 
 	if (*name == '/')
 		return name;
@@ -175,13 +173,12 @@ static char *follow_link(char *link)
 	}
 
 	sprintf(resolved, "%s%s", link, name);
-	kfree(name);
+	__putname(name);
 	kfree(link);
 	return resolved;
 
  out_free:
-	kfree(name);
- out:
+	__putname(name);
 	return ERR_PTR(n);
 }
 
-- 
2.3.2

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