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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 709fb2c..f9e883c 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1144,12 +1144,25 @@ static int do_lookup(struct nameidata *nd, struct qstr *name,
*/
if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) {
unsigned seq;
- *inode = nd->inode;
- dentry = __d_lookup_rcu(parent, name, &seq, inode);
+ dentry = __d_lookup_rcu(parent, name, &seq, nd->inode);
if (!dentry)
goto unlazy;
- /* Memory barrier in read_seqcount_begin of child is enough */
+ /*
+ * This sequence count validates that the inode matches
+ * the dentry name information from lookup.
+ */
+ *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+ if (read_seqcount_retry(&dentry->d_seq, seq))
+ return -ECHILD;
+
+ /*
+ * This sequence count validates that the parent had no
+ * changes while we did the lookup of the dentry above.
+ *
+ * The memory barrier in read_seqcount_begin of child is
+ * enough, we can use __read_seqcount_retry here.
+ */
if (__read_seqcount_retry(&parent->d_seq, nd->seq))
return -ECHILD;
nd->seq = seq;