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Message-Id: <1431367690-5223-39-git-send-email-viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Mon, 11 May 2015 19:06:59 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 039/110] link_path_walk: don't bother with walk_component() after jumping link

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

... it does nothing if nd->last_type is LAST_BIND.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
---
 fs/namei.c | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 9937470..ee083f9 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1797,7 +1797,11 @@ static int link_path_walk(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd)
 					return err;
 				}
 				err = 0;
-				if (likely(s)) {
+				if (unlikely(!s)) {
+					/* jumped */
+					put_link(nd, &link, cookie);
+					break;
+				} else {
 					if (*s == '/') {
 						if (!nd->root.mnt)
 							set_root(nd);
@@ -1812,9 +1816,9 @@ static int link_path_walk(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd)
 						put_link(nd, &link, cookie);
 						break;
 					}
+					err = walk_component(nd, LOOKUP_FOLLOW);
+					put_link(nd, &link, cookie);
 				}
-				err = walk_component(nd, LOOKUP_FOLLOW);
-				put_link(nd, &link, cookie);
 			} while (err > 0);
 
 			current->link_count--;
-- 
2.1.4

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