linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 21/24] init: add an init

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Date:   Tue, 21 Jul 2020 18:00:53 +0100
From:   Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 21/24] init: add an init_symlink helper

On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 06:28:15PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Add a simple helper to symlink with a kernel space file name and switch
> the early init code over to it.  Remove the now unused ksys_symlink.

> +int __init init_symlink(const char *oldname, const char *newname)
> +{
> +	struct filename *from = getname_kernel(oldname);

What the hell for?  You are only using from ->name later.

> +	struct dentry *dentry;
> +	struct path path;
> +	int error;
> +
> +	if (IS_ERR(from))
> +		return PTR_ERR(from);
> +	dentry = kern_path_create(AT_FDCWD, newname, &path, 0);
> +	error = PTR_ERR(dentry);
> +	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
> +		goto out_putname;
> +	error = security_path_symlink(&path, dentry, from->name);
> +	if (!error)
> +		error = vfs_symlink(path.dentry->d_inode, dentry, from->name);
> +	done_path_create(&path, dentry);
> +out_putname:
> +	putname(from);
> +	return error;
> +}

And again, the same comment regarding the location of file.