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On Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 11:23:55PM +0100, Al Viro wrote:

> It's not that.  It's explicit put_link() in do_last(), followed by
> ESTALEOPEN and subsequent misbegotten "retry the last step on ESTALEOPEN"
> looking at now-freed nd->last.name.  IOW, the bug predates delayed_call
> stuff.

FWIW, I'd stepped into that in d63ff28f "namei: make should_follow_link() store
the link in nd->link", so it's 4.1+ mess.  delayed_call stuff is 4.4+...