From: Josh Triplett NFS: Release dcache_lock in an error path of nfs_path In one of the error paths of nfs_path, it may return with dcache_lock still held; fix this by adding and using a new error path Elong_unlock which unlocks dcache_lock. Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust --- fs/nfs/namespace.c | 4 +++- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/nfs/namespace.c b/fs/nfs/namespace.c index 19b98ca..86b3169 100644 --- a/fs/nfs/namespace.c +++ b/fs/nfs/namespace.c @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ char *nfs_path(const char *base, const s namelen = dentry->d_name.len; buflen -= namelen + 1; if (buflen < 0) - goto Elong; + goto Elong_unlock; end -= namelen; memcpy(end, dentry->d_name.name, namelen); *--end = '/'; @@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ char *nfs_path(const char *base, const s end -= namelen; memcpy(end, base, namelen); return end; +Elong_unlock: + spin_unlock(&dcache_lock); Elong: return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG); }