In open_namei() we take mntput(nd->mnt);nd->mnt=path.mnt; out of the if
(__follow_mount(...)), making it conditional on nd->mnt != path.mnt instead.
Then we shift the result downstream.
Equivalent transformations.
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
                        mntput(path.mnt);
                        goto exit;
                }
-               mntput(nd->mnt);
-               nd->mnt = path.mnt;
        }
        error = -ENOENT;
        if (!path.dentry->d_inode)
 
        dput(nd->dentry);
        nd->dentry = path.dentry;
+       if (nd->mnt != path.mnt)
+               mntput(nd->mnt);
+       nd->mnt = path.mnt;
        error = -EISDIR;
        if (path.dentry->d_inode && S_ISDIR(path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
                goto exit;
 
 exit_dput:
        dput(path.dentry);
+       if (nd->mnt != path.mnt)
+               mntput(nd->mnt);
+       nd->mnt = path.mnt;
 exit:
        path_release(nd);
        return error;
        error = security_inode_follow_link(path.dentry, nd);
        if (error)
                goto exit_dput;
+       if (nd->mnt != path.mnt)
+               mntput(nd->mnt);
+       nd->mnt = path.mnt;
        error = __do_follow_link(&path, nd);
        if (error)
                return error;