-/*
- * This limits recursive symlink follows to 8, while
- * limiting consecutive symlinks to 40.
- *
- * Without that kind of total limit, nasty chains of consecutive
- * symlinks can cause almost arbitrarily long lookups.
- */
-static inline int nested_symlink(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd)
-{
- int res;
-
- if (unlikely(current->link_count >= MAX_NESTED_LINKS)) {
- path_put_conditional(path, nd);
- path_put(&nd->path);
- return -ELOOP;
- }
- BUG_ON(nd->depth >= MAX_NESTED_LINKS);
-
- nd->depth++;
- current->link_count++;
-
- do {
- struct path link = *path;
- void *cookie;
-
- res = follow_link(&link, nd, &cookie);
- if (res)
- break;
- res = walk_component(nd, path, LOOKUP_FOLLOW);
- put_link(nd, &link, cookie);
- } while (res > 0);
-
- current->link_count--;
- nd->depth--;
- return res;
-}
-