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From: Jori Koolstra <jkoolstra@xs4all.nl>
To: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-api@vger.kernel.org, Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>,
	NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>, Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>,
	Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@cyphar.com>,
	Jori Koolstra <jkoolstra@xs4all.nl>
Subject: [PATCH v7 09/12] vfs: use finish_lookup() helper in __lookup_slow() and lookup_open()
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 16:38:03 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261016143806.2946578-10-jkoolstra@xs4all.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261016143806.2946578-1-jkoolstra@xs4all.nl>

The same code around calling ->lookup() on an in-lookup dentry is
open-coded in both __lookup_slow() and lookup_open(). lookup_open() is
becoming quite unwieldy so factor this out.

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Jori Koolstra <jkoolstra@xs4all.nl>
---
 fs/namei.c | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index c16150965041..e7d3d28f3fd7 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1889,12 +1889,34 @@ static struct dentry *lookup_fast(struct nameidata *nd)
 	return dentry;
 }
 
+/*
+ * If @dentry is in-lookup, look it up in @dir through ->lookup().  Returns
+ * the dentry to use from now on: @dentry itself, or the dentry or ERR_PTR()
+ * that ->lookup() returned instead, in which case @dentry is dropped.
+ */
+static struct dentry *finish_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
+				unsigned int flags)
+{
+	struct dentry *res;
+
+	if (!d_in_lookup(dentry))
+		return dentry;
+
+	res = dir->i_op->lookup(dir, dentry, flags);
+	d_lookup_done(dentry);
+	if (unlikely(res)) {
+		dput(dentry);
+		return res;
+	}
+	return dentry;
+}
+
 /* Fast lookup failed, do it the slow way */
 static struct dentry *__lookup_slow(const struct qstr *name,
 				    struct dentry *dir,
 				    unsigned int flags)
 {
-	struct dentry *dentry, *old;
+	struct dentry *dentry;
 	struct inode *inode = dir->d_inode;
 
 	/* Don't go there if it's already dead */
@@ -1913,17 +1935,10 @@ static struct dentry *__lookup_slow(const struct qstr *name,
 				goto again;
 			}
 			dput(dentry);
-			dentry = ERR_PTR(error);
-		}
-	} else {
-		old = inode->i_op->lookup(inode, dentry, flags);
-		d_lookup_done(dentry);
-		if (unlikely(old)) {
-			dput(dentry);
-			dentry = old;
+			return ERR_PTR(error);
 		}
 	}
-	return dentry;
+	return finish_lookup(inode, dentry, flags);
 }
 
 static noinline struct dentry *lookup_slow(const struct qstr *name,
@@ -4614,19 +4629,9 @@ static struct dentry *lookup_open(struct nameidata *nd, struct file *file,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (d_in_lookup(dentry)) {
-		struct dentry *res = dir_inode->i_op->lookup(dir_inode, dentry,
-							     nd->flags);
-		d_lookup_done(dentry);
-		if (unlikely(res)) {
-			if (IS_ERR(res)) {
-				error = PTR_ERR(res);
-				goto out_dput;
-			}
-			dput(dentry);
-			dentry = res;
-		}
-	}
+	dentry = finish_lookup(dir_inode, dentry, nd->flags);
+	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
+		goto out;
 
 	if (dentry->d_inode || !(op->open_flag & O_CREAT)) {
 		/*
-- 
2.56.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-10-16 14:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-16 14:37 [PATCH v7 00/12] vfs: add O_CREAT|O_DIRECTORY to open*(2) Jori Koolstra
2026-10-16 14:37 ` [PATCH v7 01/12] fs/namei.c: use trailing_slashes() Jori Koolstra
2026-10-16 14:37 ` [PATCH v7 02/12] vfs: prepare vfs_creat|mkdir_no_perm for reuse in lookup_open() Jori Koolstra
2026-10-16 14:37 ` [PATCH v7 03/12] vfs: lookup_open(): move setting FMODE_CREATED down Jori Koolstra
2026-10-16 14:37 ` [PATCH v7 04/12] vfs: move ->create check in lookup_open() to before try_break_deleg() Jori Koolstra
2026-10-16 14:37 ` [PATCH v7 05/12] vfs: lookup_open(): use vfs_create_no_perm() Jori Koolstra
2026-10-16 14:38 ` [PATCH v7 06/12] vfs: lookup_open(): lock the parent as I_MUTEX_PARENT Jori Koolstra
2026-10-16 14:38 ` [PATCH v7 07/12] kernfs: hold kernfs_iattr_rwsem when initializing a new inode Jori Koolstra
2026-10-16 14:50   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-10-16 23:57     ` Jori Koolstra
2026-10-16 14:38 ` [PATCH v7 08/12] vfs: add O_CREAT|O_DIRECTORY to open*(2) Jori Koolstra
2026-10-17 18:53   ` Jori Koolstra
2026-10-16 14:38 ` Jori Koolstra [this message]
2026-10-16 14:38 ` [PATCH v7 10/12] vfs: short-circuit MAY_WRITE access for O_DIRECTORY opens Jori Koolstra
2026-10-16 14:38 ` [PATCH v7 11/12] vfs: change ->create/->mkdir operations unavailable errno Jori Koolstra
2026-10-16 14:38 ` [PATCH v7 12/12] selftest: add tests for open*(O_CREAT|O_DIRECTORY) Jori Koolstra

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