From 50ee93afcaa970620d1fb5a9894109a2ab152868 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Miklos Szeredi Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 17:30:18 +0200 Subject: vfs: nameidata_to_filp(): don't throw away file on error If open fails, don't put the file. This allows it to be reused if open needs to be retried. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi Signed-off-by: Al Viro --- fs/open.c | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'fs') diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c index 9fd34b76b959..d6c79a0dffc7 100644 --- a/fs/open.c +++ b/fs/open.c @@ -824,10 +824,11 @@ struct file *nameidata_to_filp(struct nameidata *nd) /* Pick up the filp from the open intent */ filp = nd->intent.open.file; - nd->intent.open.file = NULL; /* Has the filesystem initialised the file for us? */ - if (filp->f_path.dentry == NULL) { + if (filp->f_path.dentry != NULL) { + nd->intent.open.file = NULL; + } else { struct file *res; path_get(&nd->path); @@ -836,6 +837,7 @@ struct file *nameidata_to_filp(struct nameidata *nd) if (!IS_ERR(res)) { int error; + nd->intent.open.file = NULL; BUG_ON(res != filp); error = open_check_o_direct(filp); @@ -844,7 +846,7 @@ struct file *nameidata_to_filp(struct nameidata *nd) filp = ERR_PTR(error); } } else { - put_filp(filp); + /* Allow nd->intent.open.file to be recycled */ filp = res; } } -- cgit v1.2.3