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-rw-r--r--fs/namei.c29
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 95a881e0552b..33a2a8504099 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2514,9 +2514,10 @@ static int path_parentat(struct nameidata *nd, unsigned flags,
return err;
}
+/* Note: this does not consume "name" */
static int __filename_parentat(int dfd, struct filename *name,
- unsigned int flags, struct path *parent,
- struct qstr *last, int *type)
+ unsigned int flags, struct path *parent,
+ struct qstr *last, int *type)
{
int retval;
struct nameidata nd;
@@ -2538,25 +2539,14 @@ static int __filename_parentat(int dfd, struct filename *name,
return retval;
}
-static int filename_parentat(int dfd, struct filename *name,
- unsigned int flags, struct path *parent,
- struct qstr *last, int *type)
-{
- int retval = __filename_parentat(dfd, name, flags, parent, last, type);
-
- putname(name);
- return retval;
-}
-
/* does lookup, returns the object with parent locked */
-struct dentry *kern_path_locked(const char *name, struct path *path)
+static struct dentry *__kern_path_locked(struct filename *name, struct path *path)
{
struct dentry *d;
struct qstr last;
int type, error;
- error = filename_parentat(AT_FDCWD, getname_kernel(name), 0, path,
- &last, &type);
+ error = __filename_parentat(AT_FDCWD, name, 0, path, &last, &type);
if (error)
return ERR_PTR(error);
if (unlikely(type != LAST_NORM)) {
@@ -2572,6 +2562,15 @@ struct dentry *kern_path_locked(const char *name, struct path *path)
return d;
}
+struct dentry *kern_path_locked(const char *name, struct path *path)
+{
+ struct filename *filename = getname_kernel(name);
+ struct dentry *res = __kern_path_locked(filename, path);
+
+ putname(filename);
+ return res;
+}
+
int kern_path(const char *name, unsigned int flags, struct path *path)
{
return filename_lookup(AT_FDCWD, getname_kernel(name),