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-rw-r--r--fs/eventpoll.c4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index ea54cdef04dd..4d9d3a45e356 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -988,6 +988,10 @@ static int path_count[PATH_ARR_SIZE];
static int path_count_inc(int nests)
{
+ /* Allow an arbitrary number of depth 1 paths */
+ if (nests == 0)
+ return 0;
+
if (++path_count[nests] > path_limits[nests])
return -1;
return 0;