linux-kernel - [PATCH 6/9] merging pick_link() with get

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Message-Id: <20200119031738.2681033-23-viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:   Sun, 19 Jan 2020 03:17:35 +0000
From:   Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@...har.com>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: [PATCH 6/9] merging pick_link() with get_link(), part 6

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

move the only remaining call of get_link() into pick_link()

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
---
 fs/namei.c | 14 +++++---------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index ad6de8b4167e..adb573e0f424 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1792,14 +1792,14 @@ static inline int handle_dots(struct nameidata *nd, int type)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int pick_link(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *link,
+static const char *pick_link(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *link,
 		     struct inode *inode, unsigned seq)
 {
 	int error;
 	struct saved *last;
 	if (unlikely(nd->total_link_count++ >= MAXSYMLINKS)) {
 		path_to_nameidata(link, nd);
-		return -ELOOP;
+		return ERR_PTR(-ELOOP);
 	}
 	if (!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)) {
 		if (link->mnt == nd->path.mnt)
@@ -1820,7 +1820,7 @@ static int pick_link(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *link,
 		}
 		if (error) {
 			path_put(link);
-			return error;
+			return ERR_PTR(error);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1829,7 +1829,7 @@ static int pick_link(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *link,
 	clear_delayed_call(&last->done);
 	nd->link_inode = inode;
 	last->seq = seq;
-	return 1;
+	return get_link(nd);
 }
 
 enum {WALK_FOLLOW = 1, WALK_MORE = 2, WALK_NOFOLLOW = 4};
@@ -1864,11 +1864,7 @@ static const char *step_into(struct nameidata *nd, int flags,
 		if (read_seqcount_retry(&path.dentry->d_seq, seq))
 			return ERR_PTR(-ECHILD);
 	}
-	err = pick_link(nd, &path, inode, seq);
-	if (err > 0)
-		return get_link(nd);
-	else
-		return ERR_PTR(err);
+	return pick_link(nd, &path, inode, seq);
 }
 
 static const char *walk_component(struct nameidata *nd, int flags)
-- 
2.20.1