Turn do_link spaghetty into a normal loop
authorAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:16:40 +0000 (07:16 -0500)
committerAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Fri, 5 Mar 2010 14:01:36 +0000 (09:01 -0500)
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
fs/namei.c

index 675a712..08da937 100644 (file)
@@ -1844,17 +1844,38 @@ reval:
        if (open_flag & O_EXCL)
                nd.flags |= LOOKUP_EXCL;
        filp = do_last(&nd, &path, open_flag, acc_mode, mode, pathname);
-       if (!filp)
-               goto do_link;
-       goto out;
-
-exit_dput:
-       path_put_conditional(&path, &nd);
-       if (!IS_ERR(nd.intent.open.file))
-               release_open_intent(&nd);
-exit_parent:
-       path_put(&nd.path);
-       filp = ERR_PTR(error);
+       while (unlikely(!filp)) { /* trailing symlink */
+               error = -ELOOP;
+               if ((open_flag & O_NOFOLLOW) || count++ == 32)
+                       goto exit_dput;
+               /*
+                * This is subtle. Instead of calling do_follow_link() we do
+                * the thing by hands. The reason is that this way we have zero
+                * link_count and path_walk() (called from ->follow_link)
+                * honoring LOOKUP_PARENT.  After that we have the parent and
+                * last component, i.e. we are in the same situation as after
+                * the first path_walk().  Well, almost - if the last component
+                * is normal we get its copy stored in nd->last.name and we will
+                * have to putname() it when we are done. Procfs-like symlinks
+                * just set LAST_BIND.
+                */
+               nd.flags |= LOOKUP_PARENT;
+               error = security_inode_follow_link(path.dentry, &nd);
+               if (error)
+                       goto exit_dput;
+               error = __do_follow_link(&path, &nd);
+               path_put(&path);
+               if (error) {
+                       /* nd.path had been dropped */
+                       release_open_intent(&nd);
+                       filp = ERR_PTR(error);
+                       goto out;
+               }
+               nd.flags &= ~LOOKUP_PARENT;
+               filp = do_last(&nd, &path, open_flag, acc_mode, mode, pathname);
+               if (nd.last_type == LAST_NORM)
+                       __putname(nd.last.name);
+       }
 out:
        if (nd.root.mnt)
                path_put(&nd.root);
@@ -1864,41 +1885,13 @@ out:
        }
        return filp;
 
-do_link:
-       error = -ELOOP;
-       if ((open_flag & O_NOFOLLOW) || count++ == 32)
-               goto exit_dput;
-       /*
-        * This is subtle. Instead of calling do_follow_link() we do the
-        * thing by hands. The reason is that this way we have zero link_count
-        * and path_walk() (called from ->follow_link) honoring LOOKUP_PARENT.
-        * After that we have the parent and last component, i.e.
-        * we are in the same situation as after the first path_walk().
-        * Well, almost - if the last component is normal we get its copy
-        * stored in nd->last.name and we will have to putname() it when we
-        * are done. Procfs-like symlinks just set LAST_BIND.
-        */
-       nd.flags |= LOOKUP_PARENT;
-       error = security_inode_follow_link(path.dentry, &nd);
-       if (error)
-               goto exit_dput;
-       error = __do_follow_link(&path, &nd);
-       path_put(&path);
-       if (error) {
-               /* Does someone understand code flow here? Or it is only
-                * me so stupid? Anathema to whoever designed this non-sense
-                * with "intent.open".
-                */
+exit_dput:
+       path_put_conditional(&path, &nd);
+       if (!IS_ERR(nd.intent.open.file))
                release_open_intent(&nd);
-               filp = ERR_PTR(error);
-               goto out;
-       }
-       nd.flags &= ~LOOKUP_PARENT;
-       filp = do_last(&nd, &path, open_flag, acc_mode, mode, pathname);
-       if (nd.last_type == LAST_NORM)
-               __putname(nd.last.name);
-       if (!filp)
-               goto do_link;
+exit_parent:
+       path_put(&nd.path);
+       filp = ERR_PTR(error);
        goto out;
 }