Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs

Pull misc vfs cleanups from Al Viro:
 "Assorted cleanups and fixes all over the place"

* 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs:
  coredump: only charge written data against RLIMIT_CORE
  coredump: get rid of coredump_params->written
  ecryptfs_lookup(): try either only encrypted or plaintext name
  ecryptfs: avoid multiple aliases for directories
  bpf: reject invalid names right in ->lookup()
  __d_alloc(): treat NULL name as QSTR("/", 1)
  mtd: switch ubi_open_volume_path() to vfs_stat()
  mtd: switch open_mtd_by_chdev() to use of vfs_stat()

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index e49ba7d1b957..c622872c12c5 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1571,7 +1571,11 @@ struct dentry *__d_alloc(struct super_block *sb, const struct qstr *name)
 	 * be overwriting an internal NUL character
 	 */
 	dentry->d_iname[DNAME_INLINE_LEN-1] = 0;
-	if (name->len > DNAME_INLINE_LEN-1) {
+	if (unlikely(!name)) {
+		static const struct qstr anon = QSTR_INIT("/", 1);
+		name = &anon;
+		dname = dentry->d_iname;
+	} else if (name->len > DNAME_INLINE_LEN-1) {
 		size_t size = offsetof(struct external_name, name[1]);
 		struct external_name *p = kmalloc(size + name->len,
 						  GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
@@ -1829,9 +1833,7 @@ struct dentry *d_make_root(struct inode *root_inode)
 	struct dentry *res = NULL;
 
 	if (root_inode) {
-		static const struct qstr name = QSTR_INIT("/", 1);
-
-		res = __d_alloc(root_inode->i_sb, &name);
+		res = __d_alloc(root_inode->i_sb, NULL);
 		if (res)
 			d_instantiate(res, root_inode);
 		else
@@ -1872,7 +1874,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_find_any_alias);
 
 static struct dentry *__d_obtain_alias(struct inode *inode, int disconnected)
 {
-	static const struct qstr anonstring = QSTR_INIT("/", 1);
 	struct dentry *tmp;
 	struct dentry *res;
 	unsigned add_flags;
@@ -1886,7 +1887,7 @@ static struct dentry *__d_obtain_alias(struct inode *inode, int disconnected)
 	if (res)
 		goto out_iput;
 
-	tmp = __d_alloc(inode->i_sb, &anonstring);
+	tmp = __d_alloc(inode->i_sb, NULL);
 	if (!tmp) {
 		res = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 		goto out_iput;