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[v3,042/110] link_path_walk: get rid of duplication

Message ID 1431367690-5223-42-git-send-email-viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Al Viro May 11, 2015, 6:07 p.m. UTC 
From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

What we do after the second walk_component() + put_link() + depth
decrement in there is exactly equivalent to what's done right
after the first walk_component().  Easy to verify and not at all
surprising, seeing that there we have just walked the last
component of nested symlink.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
---
 fs/namei.c | 10 ++--------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index b7ba718..9f45d33 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1771,6 +1771,7 @@  static int link_path_walk(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd)
 			return 0;
 
 		err = walk_component(nd, LOOKUP_FOLLOW);
+Walked:
 		if (err < 0)
 			return err;
 
@@ -1789,7 +1790,6 @@  static int link_path_walk(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd)
 			nd->depth++;
 			current->link_count++;
 
-loop:	/* will be gone very soon */
 			link = nd->link;
 			s = get_link(&link, nd, &cookie);
 
@@ -1826,13 +1826,7 @@  loop:	/* will be gone very soon */
 					put_link(nd, &link, cookie);
 					current->link_count--;
 					nd->depth--;
-					if (err < 0)
-						return err;
-					if (err > 0) {
-						current->link_count++;
-						nd->depth++;
-						goto loop;
-					}
+					goto Walked;
 				}
 			}
 		}