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1 files changed, 18 insertions, 31 deletions
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 7f079d00475a..4bdb300b16e2 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ static struct dentry *d_kill(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *parent)
{
list_del(&dentry->d_u.d_child);
/*
- * Inform try_to_ascend() that we are no longer attached to the
+ * Inform d_walk() that we are no longer attached to the
* dentry tree
*/
dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_DENTRY_KILLED;
@@ -1038,34 +1038,6 @@ void shrink_dcache_sb(struct super_block *sb)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(shrink_dcache_sb);
-/*
- * This tries to ascend one level of parenthood, but
- * we can race with renaming, so we need to re-check
- * the parenthood after dropping the lock and check
- * that the sequence number still matches.
- */
-static struct dentry *try_to_ascend(struct dentry *old, unsigned seq)
-{
- struct dentry *new = old->d_parent;
-
- rcu_read_lock();
- spin_unlock(&old->d_lock);
- spin_lock(&new->d_lock);
-
- /*
- * might go back up the wrong parent if we have had a rename
- * or deletion
- */
- if (new != old->d_parent ||
- (old->d_flags & DCACHE_DENTRY_KILLED) ||
- need_seqretry(&rename_lock, seq)) {
- spin_unlock(&new->d_lock);
- new = NULL;
- }
- rcu_read_unlock();
- return new;
-}
-
/**
* enum d_walk_ret - action to talke during tree walk
* @D_WALK_CONTINUE: contrinue walk
@@ -1154,9 +1126,24 @@ resume:
*/
if (this_parent != parent) {
struct dentry *child = this_parent;
- this_parent = try_to_ascend(this_parent, seq);
- if (!this_parent)
+ this_parent = child->d_parent;
+
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ spin_unlock(&child->d_lock);
+ spin_lock(&this_parent->d_lock);
+
+ /*
+ * might go back up the wrong parent if we have had a rename
+ * or deletion
+ */
+ if (this_parent != child->d_parent ||
+ (child->d_flags & DCACHE_DENTRY_KILLED) ||
+ need_seqretry(&rename_lock, seq)) {
+ spin_unlock(&this_parent->d_lock);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
goto rename_retry;
+ }
+ rcu_read_unlock();
next = child->d_u.d_child.next;
goto resume;
}