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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-06-13 20:52:39 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-06-13 20:52:39 -0700
commit4ae127d1b6c71f9240dd4245f240e6dd8fc98014 (patch)
treeb7aa27b3e0c655f4613fe2146cb57d7f69e421f6 /security/smack/smack_lsm.c
parent875ec4333b99144e2589e900a0bcd2c25c757b27 (diff)
parent7775c9753b94fe429dc4323360d6502c95e0dd6e (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
Conflicts: drivers/net/smc911x.c
Diffstat (limited to 'security/smack/smack_lsm.c')
-rw-r--r--security/smack/smack_lsm.c12
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
index b5c8f923700..4a09293efa0 100644
--- a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
+++ b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
@@ -1881,6 +1881,18 @@ static void smack_d_instantiate(struct dentry *opt_dentry, struct inode *inode)
final = sbsp->smk_default;
/*
+ * If this is the root inode the superblock
+ * may be in the process of initialization.
+ * If that is the case use the root value out
+ * of the superblock.
+ */
+ if (opt_dentry->d_parent == opt_dentry) {
+ isp->smk_inode = sbsp->smk_root;
+ isp->smk_flags |= SMK_INODE_INSTANT;
+ goto unlockandout;
+ }
+
+ /*
* This is pretty hackish.
* Casey says that we shouldn't have to do
* file system specific code, but it does help