Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs

Pull vfs fix from Al Viro.

Automount handling was broken by commit e3c13928086f ("namei: massage
lookup_slow() to be usable by lookup_one_len_unlocked()") moving the
test for negative dentry too early.

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs:
  fix the braino in "namei: massage lookup_slow() to be usable by lookup_one_len_unlocked()"

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 794f81dce766..1d9ca2d5dff6 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1740,15 +1740,17 @@ static int walk_component(struct nameidata *nd, int flags)
 					  nd->flags);
 		if (IS_ERR(path.dentry))
 			return PTR_ERR(path.dentry);
-		if (unlikely(d_is_negative(path.dentry))) {
-			dput(path.dentry);
-			return -ENOENT;
-		}
+
 		path.mnt = nd->path.mnt;
 		err = follow_managed(&path, nd);
 		if (unlikely(err < 0))
 			return err;
 
+		if (unlikely(d_is_negative(path.dentry))) {
+			path_to_nameidata(&path, nd);
+			return -ENOENT;
+		}
+
 		seq = 0;	/* we are already out of RCU mode */
 		inode = d_backing_inode(path.dentry);
 	}