# HG changeset patch
# User Paul Boddie <paul@boddie.org.uk>
# Date 1640726284 -3600
# Node ID 778cb5de369695a6aa32fb04bc6021de3e3a5e5f
# Parent  8ad94f3addb28f79f271e829b10e19a85ea7b21e
Avoid use of an unterminated loop.

diff -r 8ad94f3addb2 -r 778cb5de3696 libe2access/lib/src/image.c
--- a/libe2access/lib/src/image.c	Tue Dec 28 01:37:59 2021 +0100
+++ b/libe2access/lib/src/image.c	Tue Dec 28 22:18:04 2021 +0100
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 {
     struct ext2_inode inode_file;
     errcode_t retval;
+    int retry;
 
     /* Without an inode, create a new one. */
 
@@ -45,13 +46,15 @@
 
     /* Connect the inode to its parent. */
 
-    while (1)
+    for (retry = 0; retry <= 1; retry++)
     {
         retval = ext2fs_link(fs, ino_target, basename, *ino_file,
                              EXT2_FT_REG_FILE);
 
         if (!retval)
             break;
+        else if (retry)
+            return retval;
 
         /* Expand the directory if necessary. */