[PATCH v1 02/12] vfs: make fstatat retry on ESTALE errors from getattr call

[Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/stat.c |   16 ++++++++++------
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/stat.c b/fs/stat.c
index c733dc5..f3eef0d 100644
--- a/fs/stat.c
+++ b/fs/stat.c
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ int vfs_fstatat(int dfd, const char __user *filename, struct kstat *stat,
 {
 	struct path path;
 	int error = -EINVAL;
-	int lookup_flags = 0;
+	unsigned int try = 0;
+	unsigned int lookup_flags = 0;
 
 	if ((flag & ~(AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW | AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT |
 		      AT_EMPTY_PATH)) != 0)
@@ -84,12 +85,15 @@ int vfs_fstatat(int dfd, const char __user *filename, struct kstat *stat,
 	if (flag & AT_EMPTY_PATH)
 		lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_EMPTY;
 
-	error = user_path_at(dfd, filename, lookup_flags, &path);
-	if (error)
-		goto out;
+	do {
+		error = user_path_at(dfd, filename, lookup_flags, &path);
+		if (error)
+			break;
 
-	error = vfs_getattr(path.mnt, path.dentry, stat);
-	path_put(&path);
+		error = vfs_getattr(path.mnt, path.dentry, stat);
+		path_put(&path);
+		lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_REVAL;
+	} while (retry_estale(error, try++));
 out:
 	return error;
 }
-- 
1.7.7.6

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