linux-kernel - [PATCH 19/24] namei: fold may_follow_link() into follow

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Date:	Mon, 20 Apr 2015 19:13:03 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 19/24] namei: fold may_follow_link() into follow_link()

From: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>

All remaining callers of the former are preceded by the latter

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
---
 fs/namei.c | 21 ++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 71c9546..e03c18f 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -922,9 +922,12 @@ out:
 
 static int follow_link(struct path *link, struct nameidata *nd, void **p)
 {
-	char *s = get_link(link, nd, p);
-	int error;
-
+	char *s;
+	int error = may_follow_link(link, nd);
+	if (unlikely(error))
+		return error;
+	nd->flags |= LOOKUP_PARENT;
+	s = get_link(link, nd, p);
 	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(s)))
 		return PTR_ERR(s);
 	if (unlikely(!s))
@@ -2063,10 +2066,6 @@ static int path_lookupat(int dfd, const struct filename *name,
 		while (err > 0) {
 			void *cookie;
 			struct path link = path;
-			err = may_follow_link(&link, nd);
-			if (unlikely(err))
-				break;
-			nd->flags |= LOOKUP_PARENT;
 			err = follow_link(&link, nd, &cookie);
 			if (err)
 				break;
@@ -2421,10 +2420,6 @@ path_mountpoint(int dfd, const struct filename *name, struct path *path,
 	while (err > 0) {
 		void *cookie;
 		struct path link = *path;
-		err = may_follow_link(&link, &nd);
-		if (unlikely(err))
-			break;
-		nd.flags |= LOOKUP_PARENT;
 		err = follow_link(&link, &nd, &cookie);
 		if (err)
 			break;
@@ -3313,10 +3308,6 @@ static struct file *path_openat(int dfd, struct filename *pathname,
 			error = -ELOOP;
 			break;
 		}
-		error = may_follow_link(&link, nd);
-		if (unlikely(error))
-			break;
-		nd->flags |= LOOKUP_PARENT;
 		nd->flags &= ~(LOOKUP_OPEN|LOOKUP_CREATE|LOOKUP_EXCL);
 		error = follow_link(&link, nd, &cookie);
 		if (unlikely(error))
-- 
2.1.4

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