absolutely straightforward now - the only variables we need to preserve
across the recursive call are name, link and cookie, and recursion depth
is limited (and can is equal to nd->depth).  So arrange an array of
triples to hold instances of those and be done with that.
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

reduce the number of returns in there - turn all places
where it returns zero into goto OK and places where it
returns non-zero into goto Err.  The only non-trivial
detail is that all breaks in the loop are guaranteed
to be with non-zero err.
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

What we do after the second walk_component() + put_link() + depth
decrement in there is exactly equivalent to what's done right
after the first walk_component().  Easy to verify and not at all
surprising, seeing that there we have just walked the last
component of nested symlink.
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

Pull the block after the if-else in the end of what used to be do-while
body into all branches there.  We are almost done with the massage...
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... it does nothing if nd->last_type is LAST_BIND.
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

If we get ERR_PTR() from get_link(), we are guaranteed to get err != 0
when we break out of do-while, so we are going to hit if (err) return err;
shortly after it.  Pull that into the if (IS_ERR(s)) body.
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All remaining callers of the former are preceded by the latter
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... and strip __always_inline from follow_link() - remaining callers
don't need that.

Now link_path_walk() recursion is a direct one.
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Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

We used to need it to feed to follow_link().  No more...
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

shares space with nameidata->next, walk_component() et.al. store
the struct path of symlink instead of returning it into a variable
passed by caller.
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

with new calling conventions it's trivial
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

Conflicts:
	fs/namei.c

Split a piece of fs/namei.c:follow_link() that does obtaining the link
body into a separate function.  follow_link() itself is converted to
calling get_link() and then doing the body traversal (if any).

The next step will expand follow_link() call in link_path_walk()
and this helps to keep the size down...
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

a) instead of storing the symlink body (via nd_set_link()) and returning
an opaque pointer later passed to ->put_link(), ->follow_link() _stores_
that opaque pointer (into void * passed by address by caller) and returns
the symlink body.  Returning ERR_PTR() on error, NULL on jump (procfs magic
symlinks) and pointer to symlink body for normal symlinks.  Stored pointer
is ignored in all cases except the last one.

Storing NULL for opaque pointer (or not storing it at all) means no call
of ->put_link().

b) the body used to be passed to ->put_link() implicitly (via nameidata).
Now only the opaque pointer is.  In the cases when we used the symlink body
to free stuff, ->follow_link() now should store it as opaque pointer in addition
to returning it.
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

when we go for on-demand allocation of saved state in
link_path_walk(), we'll want nameidata to stay around
for all 3 calls of path_mountpoint().
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that avoids having nameidata on stack during the calls of
->rmdir()/->unlink() and *two* of those during the calls
of ->rename().
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

it's a convenient helper, but we'll want to shift nameidata
down the call chain, so it won't be available there...
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

With LOOKUP_FOLLOW we unlazy and return 1; without it we either
fail with ELOOP or, for O_PATH opens, succeed.  No need to mix
those cases...
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

When O_PATH is present, O_CREAT isn't, so symlink_ok is always equal to
(open_flags & O_PATH) && !(nd->flags & LOOKUP_FOLLOW).
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Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

seriously improves the stack *and* I-cache footprint...
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

No ->inode_follow_link() methods use the nameidata arg, and
it is about to become private to namei.c.
So remove from all inode_follow_link() functions.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

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ACK-by: Boaz Harrosh <ooo@electrozaur.com>
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Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Acked-by: Dave Kleikamp <dave.kleikamp@oracle.com>
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Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

for fast symlinks only, of course...
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

let "fast" symlinks store the pointer to the body into ->i_link and
use simple_follow_link for ->follow_link()
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>