summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
-rw-r--r--fs/namei.c7
-rw-r--r--security/security.c4
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index ceb9ddf8dfdd..c5b2a25be7d0 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -4050,6 +4050,8 @@ retry:
case 0: case S_IFREG:
error = vfs_create(idmap, path.dentry->d_inode,
dentry, mode, true);
+ if (!error)
+ security_path_post_mknod(idmap, dentry);
break;
case S_IFCHR: case S_IFBLK:
error = vfs_mknod(idmap, path.dentry->d_inode,
@@ -4060,11 +4062,6 @@ retry:
dentry, mode, 0);
break;
}
-
- if (error)
- goto out2;
-
- security_path_post_mknod(idmap, dentry);
out2:
done_path_create(&path, dentry);
if (retry_estale(error, lookup_flags)) {
diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index 7e118858b545..0a9a0ac3f266 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -1793,11 +1793,11 @@ int security_path_mknod(const struct path *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
EXPORT_SYMBOL(security_path_mknod);
/**
- * security_path_post_mknod() - Update inode security field after file creation
+ * security_path_post_mknod() - Update inode security after reg file creation
* @idmap: idmap of the mount
* @dentry: new file
*
- * Update inode security field after a file has been created.
+ * Update inode security field after a regular file has been created.
*/
void security_path_post_mknod(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry)
{