Subject: CVS commit: src
To: None <source-changes@netbsd.org>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@netbsd.org>
List: source-changes
Date: 04/06/1999 22:47:37
Module Name:	src
Committed By:	wrstuden
Date:		Wed Apr  7 05:47:37 UTC 1999

Modified Files:
	src/sys/kern: vfs_lookup.c
Log Message:
Fix obscure bug in namei(), which was the cause of PR 7306.

The problem is that if "sl" is a symbolic link, a lookup on "sl/" will
be flagged as the last component. Thus VOP_LOOKUP will lock the parent
directory. But when lookup() exits, ni_pathlen will be greater than one,
as "/" is left in the name, and namei() would not unlock the parent. The
next call to lookup() to resolve the symbolic link would fail as the parent
was still locked.