@@ -2923,7 +2923,6 @@ static int do_last(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path,
bool got_write = false;
int acc_mode = op->acc_mode;
struct inode *inode;
- bool symlink_ok = false;
struct path save_parent = { .dentry = NULL, .mnt = NULL };
bool retried = false;
int error;
@@ -2941,8 +2940,6 @@ static int do_last(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path,
if (!(open_flag & O_CREAT)) {
if (nd->last.name[nd->last.len])
nd->flags |= LOOKUP_FOLLOW | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY;
- if (open_flag & O_PATH && !(nd->flags & LOOKUP_FOLLOW))
- symlink_ok = true;
/* we _can_ be in RCU mode here */
error = lookup_fast(nd, path, &inode);
if (likely(!error))
@@ -3043,7 +3040,8 @@ finish_lookup:
goto out;
}
- if (should_follow_link(path->dentry, !symlink_ok)) {
+ if (should_follow_link(path->dentry,
+ !(open_flag & O_PATH) || (nd->flags & LOOKUP_FOLLOW))) {
if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) {
if (unlikely(nd->path.mnt != path->mnt ||
unlazy_walk(nd, path->dentry))) {