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-rw-r--r--fs/namei.c10
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 19433cdba011..0f02359ce685 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -583,6 +583,13 @@ void release_open_intent(struct nameidata *nd)
fput(nd->intent.open.file);
}
+/*
+ * Call d_revalidate and handle filesystems that request rcu-walk
+ * to be dropped. This may be called and return in rcu-walk mode,
+ * regardless of success or error. If -ECHILD is returned, the caller
+ * must return -ECHILD back up the path walk stack so path walk may
+ * be restarted in ref-walk mode.
+ */
static int d_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
{
int status;
@@ -673,6 +680,9 @@ force_reval_path(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd)
return 0;
if (!status) {
+ /* Don't d_invalidate in rcu-walk mode */
+ if (nameidata_drop_rcu(nd))
+ return -ECHILD;
d_invalidate(dentry);
status = -ESTALE;
}