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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/namei.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index ee1544696e83..01e67dddcc3d 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -2856,16 +2856,17 @@ int generic_readlink(struct dentry *dentry, char __user *buffer, int buflen) { struct nameidata nd; void *cookie; + int res; nd.depth = 0; cookie = dentry->d_inode->i_op->follow_link(dentry, &nd); - if (!IS_ERR(cookie)) { - int res = vfs_readlink(dentry, buffer, buflen, nd_get_link(&nd)); - if (dentry->d_inode->i_op->put_link) - dentry->d_inode->i_op->put_link(dentry, &nd, cookie); - cookie = ERR_PTR(res); - } - return PTR_ERR(cookie); + if (IS_ERR(cookie)) + return PTR_ERR(cookie); + + res = vfs_readlink(dentry, buffer, buflen, nd_get_link(&nd)); + if (dentry->d_inode->i_op->put_link) + dentry->d_inode->i_op->put_link(dentry, &nd, cookie); + return res; } int vfs_follow_link(struct nameidata *nd, const char *link) |