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From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>, Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.10.y 1/6] /proc/sys: use d_splice_alias() calling conventions to simplify failure exits
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 17:44:06 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261111224335.80100-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261107063040-failed-5.10-eeecea75ece2@kernel.org>

From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

[ Upstream commit 1eae9a47835ed4703055afbb3c52fef6d07a8a4c ]

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Stable-dep-of: eeecea75ece2 ("proc: don't let an entry below /proc/<pid>/net be a mountpoint")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 14 ++------------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 78bd606314281..b7e3d36737cfe 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -524,13 +524,8 @@ static struct dentry *proc_sys_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 			goto out;
 	}
 
-	inode = proc_sys_make_inode(dir->i_sb, h ? h : head, p);
-	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
-		err = ERR_CAST(inode);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	d_set_d_op(dentry, &proc_sys_dentry_operations);
+	inode = proc_sys_make_inode(dir->i_sb, h ? h : head, p);
 	err = d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
 
 out:
@@ -688,13 +683,8 @@ static bool proc_sys_fill_cache(struct file *file,
 			return false;
 		if (d_in_lookup(child)) {
 			struct dentry *res;
-			inode = proc_sys_make_inode(dir->d_sb, head, table);
-			if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
-				d_lookup_done(child);
-				dput(child);
-				return false;
-			}
 			d_set_d_op(child, &proc_sys_dentry_operations);
+			inode = proc_sys_make_inode(dir->d_sb, head, table);
 			res = d_splice_alias(inode, child);
 			d_lookup_done(child);
 			if (unlikely(res)) {
-- 
2.53.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-11-11 22:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-07 11:30 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] proc: don't let an entry below /proc/<pid>/net be a mountpoint" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree Sasha Levin
2026-11-11 22:44 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
2026-11-11 22:44   ` [PATCH 5.10.y 2/6] proc: add proc_splice_unmountable() Sasha Levin
2026-11-11 22:44   ` [PATCH 5.10.y 3/6] procfs: kill ->proc_dops Sasha Levin
2026-11-11 22:44   ` [PATCH 5.10.y 4/6] new helper: d_splice_alias_ops() Sasha Levin
2026-11-11 22:44   ` [PATCH 5.10.y 5/6] switch procfs from d_set_d_op() to d_splice_alias_ops() Sasha Levin
2026-11-11 22:44   ` [PATCH 5.10.y 6/6] proc: don't let an entry below /proc/<pid>/net be a mountpoint Sasha Levin

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