Linux 3.17: Deal with d_splice_alias errors

[openafs.git] / src / afs / LINUX / osi_vnodeops.c

diff --git a/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c b/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c
index e03187f..0cdd9e0 100644 (file)
--- a/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c
+++ b/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c
@@ -1593,9 +1593,18 @@ afs_linux_lookup(struct inode *dip, struct dentry *dp)
     /* It's ok for the file to not be found. That's noted by the caller by
      * seeing that the dp->d_inode field is NULL.
      */
-    if (!code || code == ENOENT)
-       return newdp;
-    else 
+    if (!code || code == ENOENT) {
+       /*
+        * d_splice_alias can return an error (EIO) if there is an existing
+        * connected directory alias for this dentry.
+        */
+       if (!IS_ERR(newdp))
+           return newdp;
+       else {
+           d_add(dp, ip);
+           return NULL;
+       }
+    } else
        return ERR_PTR(afs_convert_code(code));
 }