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 --- 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