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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-03-15 15:48:13 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-03-15 15:48:13 -0700
commit422e6c4bc4b48c15b3cb57a1ca71431abfc57e54 (patch)
tree81ceb21f84a79e796ee33b5d17e17406f096abcb /mm
parentVFS: Fix the nfs sillyrename regression in kernel 2.6.38 (diff)
parenttidy the trailing symlinks traversal up (diff)
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Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6: (57 commits) tidy the trailing symlinks traversal up Turn resolution of trailing symlinks iterative everywhere simplify link_path_walk() tail Make trailing symlink resolution in path_lookupat() iterative update nd->inode in __do_follow_link() instead of after do_follow_link() pull handling of one pathname component into a helper fs: allow AT_EMPTY_PATH in linkat(), limit that to CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH Allow passing O_PATH descriptors via SCM_RIGHTS datagrams readlinkat(), fchownat() and fstatat() with empty relative pathnames Allow O_PATH for symlinks New kind of open files - "location only". ext4: Copy fs UUID to superblock ext3: Copy fs UUID to superblock. vfs: Export file system uuid via /proc/<pid>/mountinfo unistd.h: Add new syscalls numbers to asm-generic x86: Add new syscalls for x86_64 x86: Add new syscalls for x86_32 fs: Remove i_nlink check from file system link callback fs: Don't allow to create hardlink for deleted file vfs: Add open by file handle support ...
Diffstat (limited to 'mm')
-rw-r--r--mm/shmem.c4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 5ee67c990602..3437b65d6d6e 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2144,8 +2144,10 @@ static int shmem_encode_fh(struct dentry *dentry, __u32 *fh, int *len,
{
struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
- if (*len < 3)
+ if (*len < 3) {
+ *len = 3;
return 255;
+ }
if (inode_unhashed(inode)) {
/* Unfortunately insert_inode_hash is not idempotent,