Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs
Pull RCU pathwalk fix from Al Viro:
"Another racy use of nd->path.dentry in RCU mode"
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs:
may_follow_link() should use nd->inode
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index fbbcf09..1c2105e 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@
return 0;
/* Allowed if parent directory not sticky and world-writable. */
- parent = nd->path.dentry->d_inode;
+ parent = nd->inode;
if ((parent->i_mode & (S_ISVTX|S_IWOTH)) != (S_ISVTX|S_IWOTH))
return 0;