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-rw-r--r--fs/nfsd/vfs.c9
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index ab93fcfef25..46e6bd2d4f0 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -116,10 +116,15 @@ nfsd_cross_mnt(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct dentry **dpp,
}
if ((exp->ex_flags & NFSEXP_CROSSMOUNT) || EX_NOHIDE(exp2)) {
/* successfully crossed mount point */
- exp_put(exp);
- *expp = exp2;
+ /*
+ * This is subtle: dentry is *not* under mnt at this point.
+ * The only reason we are safe is that original mnt is pinned
+ * down by exp, so we should dput before putting exp.
+ */
dput(dentry);
*dpp = mounts;
+ exp_put(exp);
+ *expp = exp2;
} else {
exp_put(exp2);
dput(mounts);