[PATCH] eCryptfs: Remove retry loop in ecryptfs_readdir()

From: Michael Halcrow
Date: Tue Sep 02 2008 - 18:28:50 EST


The retry block in ecryptfs_readdir() has been in the eCryptfs code
base for a while, apparently for no good reason. This loop could
potentially run without terminating. This patch removes the loop,
instead erroring out if vfs_readdir() on the lower file fails.

Signed-off-by: Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ecryptfs/file.c | 17 ++++++++---------
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/file.c b/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
index 9244d65..eb3dc4c 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
@@ -71,12 +71,11 @@ struct ecryptfs_getdents_callback {
void *dirent;
struct dentry *dentry;
filldir_t filldir;
- int err;
int filldir_called;
int entries_written;
};

-/* Inspired by generic filldir in fs/readir.c */
+/* Inspired by generic filldir in fs/readdir.c */
static int
ecryptfs_filldir(void *dirent, const char *name, int namelen, loff_t offset,
u64 ino, unsigned int d_type)
@@ -125,18 +124,18 @@ static int ecryptfs_readdir(struct file *file, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
buf.dirent = dirent;
buf.dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
buf.filldir = filldir;
-retry:
buf.filldir_called = 0;
buf.entries_written = 0;
- buf.err = 0;
rc = vfs_readdir(lower_file, ecryptfs_filldir, (void *)&buf);
- if (buf.err)
- rc = buf.err;
- if (buf.filldir_called && !buf.entries_written)
- goto retry;
file->f_pos = lower_file->f_pos;
+ if (rc < 0)
+ goto out;
+ if (buf.filldir_called && !buf.entries_written)
+ goto out;
if (rc >= 0)
- fsstack_copy_attr_atime(inode, lower_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+ fsstack_copy_attr_atime(inode,
+ lower_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+out:
return rc;
}

--
1.5.3.6

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