Merge to Fedora kernel-2.6.17-1.2187_FC5 patched with stable patch-2.6.17.13-vs2...

[linux-2.6.git] / fs / namei.c

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 1819223..178e70e 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1773,8 +1773,14 @@ do_link:
        if (error)
                goto exit_dput;
        error = __do_follow_link(&path, nd);
-       if (error)
+       if (error) {
+               /* Does someone understand code flow here? Or it is only
+                * me so stupid? Anathema to whoever designed this non-sense
+                * with "intent.open".
+                */
+               release_open_intent(nd);
                return error;
+       }
        nd->flags &= ~LOOKUP_PARENT;
        if (nd->last_type == LAST_BIND)
                goto ok;