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authorIan Kent2021-07-16 17:28:40 +0800
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman2021-07-27 09:29:15 +0200
commitdf6192f47d2311cf40cd4321cc59863a5853b665 (patch)
tree7efb6059f0a13bb6f538ee8209338ebf77fed018 /fs/kernfs
parent47b5c64d0ab5e7136db2b78c6ec710e0d8a5a36b (diff)
kernfs: dont call d_splice_alias() under kernfs node lock
The call to d_splice_alias() in kernfs_iop_lookup() doesn't depend on any kernfs node so there's no reason to hold the kernfs node lock when calling it. Reviewed-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/162642772000.63632.10672683419693513226.stgit@web.messagingengine.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/kernfs')
-rw-r--r--fs/kernfs/dir.c6
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/dir.c b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
index 4994723d6cf7..ba581429bf7b 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
@@ -1100,7 +1100,6 @@ static struct dentry *kernfs_iop_lookup(struct inode *dir,
struct dentry *dentry,
unsigned int flags)
{
- struct dentry *ret;
struct kernfs_node *parent = dir->i_private;
struct kernfs_node *kn;
struct inode *inode = NULL;
@@ -1120,11 +1119,10 @@ static struct dentry *kernfs_iop_lookup(struct inode *dir,
/* Needed only for negative dentry validation */
if (!inode)
kernfs_set_rev(parent, dentry);
- /* instantiate and hash (possibly negative) dentry */
- ret = d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
up_read(&kernfs_rwsem);
- return ret;
+ /* instantiate and hash (possibly negative) dentry */
+ return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
}
static int kernfs_iop_mkdir(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,