On Sun 09-11-25 06:37:41, Al Viro wrote:
> Take getname_flags() and putname() outside of retry loop.
> 
> Since getname_flags() is the only thing that cares about LOOKUP_EMPTY,
> don't bother with setting LOOKUP_EMPTY in lookup_flags - just pass it
> to getname_flags() and be done with that.
> 
> The things could be further simplified by use of cleanup.h stuff, but
> let's not clutter the patch with that.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <[email protected]>

Looks good. Feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <[email protected]>

                                                                Honza

> ---
>  fs/stat.c | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/stat.c b/fs/stat.c
> index 6c79661e1b96..ee9ae2c3273a 100644
> --- a/fs/stat.c
> +++ b/fs/stat.c
> @@ -566,13 +566,13 @@ static int do_readlinkat(int dfd, const char __user 
> *pathname,
>       struct path path;
>       struct filename *name;
>       int error;
> -     unsigned int lookup_flags = LOOKUP_EMPTY;
> +     unsigned int lookup_flags = 0;
>  
>       if (bufsiz <= 0)
>               return -EINVAL;
>  
> +     name = getname_flags(pathname, LOOKUP_EMPTY);
>  retry:
> -     name = getname_flags(pathname, lookup_flags);
>       error = filename_lookup(dfd, name, lookup_flags, &path, NULL);
>       if (unlikely(error)) {
>               putname(name);
> @@ -593,11 +593,11 @@ static int do_readlinkat(int dfd, const char __user 
> *pathname,
>               error = (name->name[0] == '\0') ? -ENOENT : -EINVAL;
>       }
>       path_put(&path);
> -     putname(name);
>       if (retry_estale(error, lookup_flags)) {
>               lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_REVAL;
>               goto retry;
>       }
> +     putname(name);
>       return error;
>  }
>  
> -- 
> 2.47.3
> 
-- 
Jan Kara <[email protected]>
SUSE Labs, CR

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