Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754330AbbDTSNN (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Apr 2015 14:13:13 -0400 Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:34723 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752466AbbDTSNK (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Apr 2015 14:13:10 -0400 From: Al Viro To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Neil Brown , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH 03/24] ovl: rearrange ovl_follow_link to it doesn't need to call ->put_link Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 19:12:47 +0100 Message-Id: <1429553588-24764-3-git-send-email-viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.7.6 In-Reply-To: <20150420181222.GK889@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> References: <20150420181222.GK889@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2098 Lines: 73 From: NeilBrown ovl_follow_link current calls ->put_link on an error path. However ->put_link is about to change in a way that it will be impossible to call it from ovl_follow_link. So rearrange the code to avoid the need for that error path. Specifically: move the kmalloc() call before the ->follow_link() call to the subordinate filesystem. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown Signed-off-by: Al Viro --- fs/overlayfs/inode.c | 25 ++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c index 04f1248..1b4b9c5e 100644 --- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c +++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c @@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ static void *ovl_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd) void *ret; struct dentry *realdentry; struct inode *realinode; + struct ovl_link_data *data = NULL; realdentry = ovl_dentry_real(dentry); realinode = realdentry->d_inode; @@ -152,25 +153,23 @@ static void *ovl_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd) if (WARN_ON(!realinode->i_op->follow_link)) return ERR_PTR(-EPERM); - ret = realinode->i_op->follow_link(realdentry, nd); - if (IS_ERR(ret)) - return ret; - if (realinode->i_op->put_link) { - struct ovl_link_data *data; - data = kmalloc(sizeof(struct ovl_link_data), GFP_KERNEL); - if (!data) { - realinode->i_op->put_link(realdentry, nd, ret); + if (!data) return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); - } data->realdentry = realdentry; - data->cookie = ret; + } - return data; - } else { - return NULL; + ret = realinode->i_op->follow_link(realdentry, nd); + if (IS_ERR(ret)) { + kfree(data); + return ret; } + + if (data) + data->cookie = ret; + + return data; } static void ovl_put_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd, void *c) -- 2.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/