Merge branch 'work.lookup' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs
authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Fri, 8 Jun 2018 16:56:38 +0000 (09:56 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Fri, 8 Jun 2018 16:56:38 +0000 (09:56 -0700)
Pull proc_fill_cache regression fix from Al Viro:
 "Regression fix for proc_fill_cache() braino introduced when switching
  instantiate() callback to d_splice_alias()"

* 'work.lookup' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs:
  fix proc_fill_cache() in case of d_alloc_parallel() failure

fs/proc/base.c

index 44dec22..8358c53 100644 (file)
@@ -1866,19 +1866,19 @@ bool proc_fill_cache(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx,
                        struct dentry *res;
                        res = instantiate(child, task, ptr);
                        d_lookup_done(child);
-                       if (IS_ERR(res))
-                               goto end_instantiate;
                        if (unlikely(res)) {
                                dput(child);
                                child = res;
+                               if (IS_ERR(child))
+                                       goto end_instantiate;
                        }
                }
        }
        inode = d_inode(child);
        ino = inode->i_ino;
        type = inode->i_mode >> 12;
-end_instantiate:
        dput(child);
+end_instantiate:
        return dir_emit(ctx, name, len, ino, type);
 }