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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 4bb889fc980b..f761cafaeaad 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2917,7 +2917,8 @@ static int lookup_one_common(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
* @base: base directory to lookup from
*
* Look up a dentry by name in the dcache, returning NULL if it does not
- * currently exist. The function does not try to create a dentry.
+ * currently exist. The function does not try to create a dentry and if one
+ * is found it doesn't try to revalidate it.
*
* Note that this routine is purely a helper for filesystem usage and should
* not be called by generic code. It does no permission checking.
@@ -2933,7 +2934,7 @@ struct dentry *try_lookup_noperm(struct qstr *name, struct dentry *base)
if (err)
return ERR_PTR(err);
- return lookup_dcache(name, base, 0);
+ return d_lookup(base, name);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_lookup_noperm);
@@ -3057,14 +3058,22 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_one_positive_unlocked);
* Note that this routine is purely a helper for filesystem usage and should
* not be called by generic code. It does no permission checking.
*
- * Unlike lookup_noperm, it should be called without the parent
+ * Unlike lookup_noperm(), it should be called without the parent
* i_rwsem held, and will take the i_rwsem itself if necessary.
+ *
+ * Unlike try_lookup_noperm() it *does* revalidate the dentry if it already
+ * existed.
*/
struct dentry *lookup_noperm_unlocked(struct qstr *name, struct dentry *base)
{
struct dentry *ret;
+ int err;
- ret = try_lookup_noperm(name, base);
+ err = lookup_noperm_common(name, base);
+ if (err)
+ return ERR_PTR(err);
+
+ ret = lookup_dcache(name, base, 0);
if (!ret)
ret = lookup_slow(name, base, 0);
return ret;