From 181c37b6e4c1bdb061ed0d884c54f9a6e6cdac89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Al Viro Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 17:21:25 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] namei: saner calling conventions for filename_create() a) make it reject ERR_PTR() for name b) make it putname(name) upon return in all other cases. seriously simplifies the callers... Signed-off-by: Al Viro --- fs/namei.c | 26 ++++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 593cf3b01e74..628b6eb9415f 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -3403,6 +3403,8 @@ static struct dentry *filename_create(int dfd, struct filename *name, int error; bool is_dir = (lookup_flags & LOOKUP_DIRECTORY); + if (IS_ERR(name)) + return ERR_CAST(name); /* * Note that only LOOKUP_REVAL and LOOKUP_DIRECTORY matter here. Any * other flags passed in are ignored! @@ -3410,8 +3412,10 @@ static struct dentry *filename_create(int dfd, struct filename *name, lookup_flags &= LOOKUP_REVAL; error = filename_parentat(dfd, name, lookup_flags, path, &last, &type); - if (error) + if (error) { + putname(name); return ERR_PTR(error); + } /* * Yucky last component or no last component at all? @@ -3449,6 +3453,7 @@ static struct dentry *filename_create(int dfd, struct filename *name, error = err2; goto fail; } + putname(name); return dentry; fail: dput(dentry); @@ -3459,20 +3464,15 @@ static struct dentry *filename_create(int dfd, struct filename *name, mnt_drop_write(path->mnt); out: path_put(path); + putname(name); return dentry; } struct dentry *kern_path_create(int dfd, const char *pathname, struct path *path, unsigned int lookup_flags) { - struct filename *filename = getname_kernel(pathname); - struct dentry *res; - - if (IS_ERR(filename)) - return ERR_CAST(filename); - res = filename_create(dfd, filename, path, lookup_flags); - putname(filename); - return res; + return filename_create(dfd, getname_kernel(pathname), + path, lookup_flags); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(kern_path_create); @@ -3488,13 +3488,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(done_path_create); struct dentry *user_path_create(int dfd, const char __user *pathname, struct path *path, unsigned int lookup_flags) { - struct filename *tmp = getname(pathname); - struct dentry *res; - if (IS_ERR(tmp)) - return ERR_CAST(tmp); - res = filename_create(dfd, tmp, path, lookup_flags); - putname(tmp); - return res; + return filename_create(dfd, getname(pathname), path, lookup_flags); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(user_path_create);