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-rw-r--r--fs/namei.c8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 726d211db484..33e9495a3129 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1558,8 +1558,6 @@ static int lookup_fast(struct nameidata *nd,
negative = d_is_negative(dentry);
if (read_seqcount_retry(&dentry->d_seq, seq))
return -ECHILD;
- if (negative)
- return -ENOENT;
/*
* This sequence count validates that the parent had no
@@ -1580,6 +1578,12 @@ static int lookup_fast(struct nameidata *nd,
goto unlazy;
}
}
+ /*
+ * Note: do negative dentry check after revalidation in
+ * case that drops it.
+ */
+ if (negative)
+ return -ENOENT;
path->mnt = mnt;
path->dentry = dentry;
if (likely(__follow_mount_rcu(nd, path, inode, seqp)))