dcache: d_splice_alias should detect loops

I believe this can only happen in the case of a corrupted filesystem.
So -EIO looks like the appropriate error.

Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <[email protected]>
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J. Bruce Fields 2014-03-12 12:19:23 -04:00 • committed by Al Viro
commit 95ad5c2913

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@ -2706,6 +2706,11 @@ struct dentry *d_splice_alias(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *dentry)
dput(new);
return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
}
if (d_ancestor(new, dentry)) {
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
dput(new);
return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
}
write_seqlock(&rename_lock);
__d_materialise_dentry(dentry, new);
write_sequnlock(&rename_lock);