From e66ffd18704440b95ac9e73e0696c599f5fd038a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Erez Zadok Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:14:46 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Unionfs: release special files on copyup If we copyup a special file (char, block, etc.), then dput the source object. Signed-off-by: Erez Zadok --- fs/unionfs/copyup.c | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/unionfs/copyup.c b/fs/unionfs/copyup.c index 3fe48658d43..f48209f62c5 100644 --- a/fs/unionfs/copyup.c +++ b/fs/unionfs/copyup.c @@ -505,13 +505,12 @@ out_unlock: out_free: /* - * If old_lower_dentry was a directory, we need to dput it. If it - * was a file, then it was already dput indirectly by other + * If old_lower_dentry was not a file, then we need to dput it. If + * it was a file, then it was already dput indirectly by other * functions we call above which operate on regular files. */ if (old_lower_dentry && old_lower_dentry->d_inode && - (S_ISDIR(old_lower_dentry->d_inode->i_mode) || - S_ISLNK(old_lower_dentry->d_inode->i_mode))) + !S_ISREG(old_lower_dentry->d_inode->i_mode)) dput(old_lower_dentry); kfree(symbuf); -- 2.34.1