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-rw-r--r--fs/namei.c25
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 3d08478d313..23a1ad46797 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -576,6 +576,23 @@ int follow_up(struct vfsmount **mnt, struct dentry **dentry)
/* no need for dcache_lock, as serialization is taken care in
* namespace.c
*/
+static int __follow_mount(struct path *path)
+{
+ int res = 0;
+ while (d_mountpoint(path->dentry)) {
+ struct vfsmount *mounted = lookup_mnt(path->mnt, path->dentry);
+ if (!mounted)
+ break;
+ dput(path->dentry);
+ if (res)
+ mntput(path->mnt);
+ path->mnt = mounted;
+ path->dentry = dget(mounted->mnt_root);
+ res = 1;
+ }
+ return res;
+}
+
static int follow_mount(struct vfsmount **mnt, struct dentry **dentry)
{
int res = 0;
@@ -778,7 +795,9 @@ static fastcall int __link_path_walk(const char * name, struct nameidata *nd)
if (err)
break;
/* Check mountpoints.. */
- follow_mount(&next.mnt, &next.dentry);
+ __follow_mount(&next);
+ if (nd->mnt != next.mnt)
+ mntput(nd->mnt);
err = -ENOENT;
inode = next.dentry->d_inode;
@@ -836,7 +855,9 @@ last_component:
err = do_lookup(nd, &this, &next);
if (err)
break;
- follow_mount(&next.mnt, &next.dentry);
+ __follow_mount(&next);
+ if (nd->mnt != next.mnt)
+ mntput(nd->mnt);
inode = next.dentry->d_inode;
if ((lookup_flags & LOOKUP_FOLLOW)
&& inode && inode->i_op && inode->i_op->follow_link) {