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-rw-r--r--drivers/mtd/ubi/kapi.c8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/kapi.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/kapi.c
index 348dbbcbedc8..a9e2cef7c95c 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/kapi.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/kapi.c
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ubi_open_volume_nm);
struct ubi_volume_desc *ubi_open_volume_path(const char *pathname, int mode)
{
int error, ubi_num, vol_id;
+ struct path path;
struct kstat stat;
dbg_gen("open volume %s, mode %d", pathname, mode);
@@ -309,7 +310,12 @@ struct ubi_volume_desc *ubi_open_volume_path(const char *pathname, int mode)
if (!pathname || !*pathname)
return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
- error = vfs_stat(pathname, &stat);
+ error = kern_path(pathname, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &path);
+ if (error)
+ return ERR_PTR(error);
+
+ error = vfs_getattr(&path, &stat);
+ path_put(&path);
if (error)
return ERR_PTR(error);