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-rw-r--r--fs/namei.c15
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index ee1544696e83..01e67dddcc3d 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2856,16 +2856,17 @@ int generic_readlink(struct dentry *dentry, char __user *buffer, int buflen)
{
struct nameidata nd;
void *cookie;
+ int res;
nd.depth = 0;
cookie = dentry->d_inode->i_op->follow_link(dentry, &nd);
- if (!IS_ERR(cookie)) {
- int res = vfs_readlink(dentry, buffer, buflen, nd_get_link(&nd));
- if (dentry->d_inode->i_op->put_link)
- dentry->d_inode->i_op->put_link(dentry, &nd, cookie);
- cookie = ERR_PTR(res);
- }
- return PTR_ERR(cookie);
+ if (IS_ERR(cookie))
+ return PTR_ERR(cookie);
+
+ res = vfs_readlink(dentry, buffer, buflen, nd_get_link(&nd));
+ if (dentry->d_inode->i_op->put_link)
+ dentry->d_inode->i_op->put_link(dentry, &nd, cookie);
+ return res;
}
int vfs_follow_link(struct nameidata *nd, const char *link)