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Don't reset ->total_link_count on nested calls of vfs_path_lookup() 

we already zero it on outermost set_nameidata(), so initialization in
path_init() is pointless and wrong.  The same DoS exists on pre-4.2
kernels, but there a slightly different fix will be needed.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.2
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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Al Viro 2015-12-06 12:33:02 -05:00
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@ -1996,7 +1996,6 @@ static const char *path_init(struct nameidata *nd, unsigned flags)
nd->last_type = LAST_ROOT; /* if there are only slashes... */
nd->flags = flags | LOOKUP_JUMPED | LOOKUP_PARENT;
nd->depth = 0;
nd->total_link_count = 0;
if (flags & LOOKUP_ROOT) {
struct dentry *root = nd->root.dentry;
struct inode *inode = root->d_inode;