From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.1.y 2/3] configfs:get_target() - release path as soon as we grab configfs_item reference
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 10:42:14 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260916144215.3565253-2-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260916144215.3565253-1-sashal@kernel.org>
From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
[ Upstream commit 1b25dea3867abc9bad6f0337d395c6f0ce4e4f6f ]
... and get rid of path argument - it turns into a local variable in get_target()
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Stable-dep-of: a7c1290eef60 ("configfs: pin the symlink target's dirent instead of chasing ->ci_dentry")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
fs/configfs/symlink.c | 33 +++++++++++++--------------------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/configfs/symlink.c b/fs/configfs/symlink.c
index 0623c3edcfb9d..31b3a4ad5ea66 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/symlink.c
@@ -114,26 +114,21 @@ static int create_link(struct config_item *parent_item,
}
-static int get_target(const char *symname, struct path *path,
- struct config_item **target, struct super_block *sb)
+static int get_target(const char *symname, struct config_item **target,
+ struct super_block *sb)
{
+ struct path path __free(path_put) = {};
int ret;
- ret = kern_path(symname, LOOKUP_FOLLOW|LOOKUP_DIRECTORY, path);
- if (!ret) {
- if (path->dentry->d_sb == sb) {
- *target = configfs_get_config_item(path->dentry);
- if (!*target) {
- ret = -ENOENT;
- path_put(path);
- }
- } else {
- ret = -EPERM;
- path_put(path);
- }
- }
-
- return ret;
+ ret = kern_path(symname, LOOKUP_FOLLOW|LOOKUP_DIRECTORY, &path);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ if (path.dentry->d_sb != sb)
+ return -EPERM;
+ *target = configfs_get_config_item(path.dentry);
+ if (!*target)
+ return -ENOENT;
+ return 0;
}
@@ -141,7 +136,6 @@ int configfs_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
struct dentry *dentry, const char *symname)
{
int ret;
- struct path path;
struct configfs_dirent *sd;
struct config_item *parent_item;
struct config_item *target_item = NULL;
@@ -188,7 +182,7 @@ int configfs_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
* AV, a thoroughly annoyed bastard.
*/
inode_unlock(dir);
- ret = get_target(symname, &path, &target_item, dentry->d_sb);
+ ret = get_target(symname, &target_item, dentry->d_sb);
inode_lock(dir);
if (ret)
goto out_put;
@@ -210,7 +204,6 @@ int configfs_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
}
config_item_put(target_item);
- path_put(&path);
out_put:
config_item_put(parent_item);
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-16 14:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-16 8:05 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] configfs: pin the symlink target's dirent instead of chasing" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree gregkh
2026-09-16 14:42 ` [PATCH 6.1.y 1/3] path: add cleanup helper Sasha Levin
2026-09-16 14:42 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
2026-09-16 14:42 ` [PATCH 6.1.y 3/3] configfs: pin the symlink target's dirent instead of chasing ->ci_dentry Sasha Levin
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