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Issue of the Implementation # L0169

Brief

ecryptfs: unneeded buggy code in ecryptfs_do_create()

Detailed Description

There is a bug in error handling of lock_parent() in ecryptfs_do_create(): lock_parent() acquries mutex even if dget_parent() fails, so mutex should be unlocked anyway. But dget_parent() does not fail, so we can just removes unneeded buggy code.

Component

linux-kernel 3.17

Accepted

https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/9/22/627
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Status

Fixed in kernel v3.18-rc1

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