Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6: (57 commits)
  tidy the trailing symlinks traversal up
  Turn resolution of trailing symlinks iterative everywhere
  simplify link_path_walk() tail
  Make trailing symlink resolution in path_lookupat() iterative
  update nd->inode in __do_follow_link() instead of after do_follow_link()
  pull handling of one pathname component into a helper
  fs: allow AT_EMPTY_PATH in linkat(), limit that to CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH
  Allow passing O_PATH descriptors via SCM_RIGHTS datagrams
  readlinkat(), fchownat() and fstatat() with empty relative pathnames
  Allow O_PATH for symlinks
  New kind of open files - "location only".
  ext4: Copy fs UUID to superblock
  ext3: Copy fs UUID to superblock.
  vfs: Export file system uuid via /proc/<pid>/mountinfo
  unistd.h: Add new syscalls numbers to asm-generic
  x86: Add new syscalls for x86_64
  x86: Add new syscalls for x86_32
  fs: Remove i_nlink check from file system link callback
  fs: Don't allow to create hardlink for deleted file
  vfs: Add open by file handle support
  ...

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.c
index 975613b23dc..c70e047eed7 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/mconsole_kern.c
@@ -124,35 +124,18 @@ void mconsole_log(struct mc_request *req)
 #if 0
 void mconsole_proc(struct mc_request *req)
 {
-	struct nameidata nd;
 	struct vfsmount *mnt = current->nsproxy->pid_ns->proc_mnt;
 	struct file *file;
-	int n, err;
+	int n;
 	char *ptr = req->request.data, *buf;
 	mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();
 
 	ptr += strlen("proc");
 	ptr = skip_spaces(ptr);
 
-	err = vfs_path_lookup(mnt->mnt_root, mnt, ptr, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &nd);
-	if (err) {
-		mconsole_reply(req, "Failed to look up file", 1, 0);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	err = may_open(&nd.path, MAY_READ, O_RDONLY);
-	if (result) {
-		mconsole_reply(req, "Failed to open file", 1, 0);
-		path_put(&nd.path);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	file = dentry_open(nd.path.dentry, nd.path.mnt, O_RDONLY,
-			   current_cred());
-	err = PTR_ERR(file);
+	file = file_open_root(mnt->mnt_root, mnt, ptr, O_RDONLY);
 	if (IS_ERR(file)) {
 		mconsole_reply(req, "Failed to open file", 1, 0);
-		path_put(&nd.path);
 		goto out;
 	}