CVS commit: src

[Bill Studenmund <wrstuden%netbsd.org@localhost>]

Module Name:    src
Committed By:   wrstuden
Date:           Wed Apr  7 19:07:30 UTC 1999

Modified Files:
        src/sys/kern [netbsd-1-4]: vfs_lookup.c
Log Message:
Pull up revision 1.28 -> 1.29, approved by Perry.

Here's the revised commit message from 1.29:

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 if LOCKPARENT is set. In order for the symbolic
link to be resolved, this lock needs to be released. namei() would
test for this by checking if ni_pathlen == 1, which it wouldn't 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.