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authorJ. Bruce Fields <bfields@redhat.com>2011-08-15 16:59:55 -0400
committerJ. Bruce Fields <bfields@redhat.com>2011-08-26 18:22:47 -0400
commit7d818a7b8fc8d26c24ee44ed1c5dece69455a7b6 (patch)
tree660675f24b5dcb74630defb9a576d1cba6fb36a8 /fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
parent3d2544b1e4909b6dffa0d140273628913e255e45 (diff)
downloadlinux-7d818a7b8fc8d26c24ee44ed1c5dece69455a7b6.tar.gz
nfsd: open-code special directory-hardlink check
We allow the fh_verify caller to specify that any object *except* those
of a given type is allowed, by passing a negative type.  But only one
caller actually uses it.  Open-code that check in the one caller.

Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c9
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
index 90c6aa6d5e0f..8cd49b9bf085 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ static int nfsd_acceptable(void *expv, struct dentry *dentry)
 static inline __be32
 nfsd_mode_check(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, umode_t mode, int type)
 {
-	/* Type can be negative when creating hardlinks - not to a dir */
 	if (type > 0 && (mode & S_IFMT) != type) {
 		if (rqstp->rq_vers == 4 && (mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFLNK)
 			return nfserr_symlink;
@@ -72,14 +71,6 @@ nfsd_mode_check(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, umode_t mode, int type)
 		else
 			return nfserr_inval;
 	}
-	if (type < 0 && (mode & S_IFMT) == -type) {
-		if (rqstp->rq_vers == 4 && (mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFLNK)
-			return nfserr_symlink;
-		else if (type == -S_IFDIR)
-			return nfserr_isdir;
-		else
-			return nfserr_notdir;
-	}
 	return 0;
 }