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-rw-r--r--fs/namei.c11
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index ae2643ff14dc..b9cc03faa033 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2424,9 +2424,12 @@ static int link_path_walk(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd)
nd->flags |= LOOKUP_PARENT;
if (IS_ERR(name))
return PTR_ERR(name);
- while (*name=='/')
- name++;
- if (!*name) {
+ if (*name == '/') {
+ do {
+ name++;
+ } while (unlikely(*name == '/'));
+ }
+ if (unlikely(!*name)) {
nd->dir_mode = 0; // short-circuit the 'hardening' idiocy
return 0;
}
@@ -2439,7 +2442,7 @@ static int link_path_walk(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd)
idmap = mnt_idmap(nd->path.mnt);
err = may_lookup(idmap, nd);
- if (err)
+ if (unlikely(err))
return err;
nd->last.name = name;