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-rw-r--r--fs/namei.c5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index a3fb78f..afa0876 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2608,9 +2608,10 @@ retry_lookup:
}
/*
- * It already exists.
+ * create/update audit record if it already exists.
*/
- audit_inode(pathname, path->dentry);
+ if (path->dentry->d_inode)
+ audit_inode(pathname, path->dentry);
/*
* If atomic_open() acquired write access it is dropped now due to
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