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authorAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2022-07-03 22:18:11 -0400
committerAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2022-07-06 13:15:59 -0400
commitb16c001de0f66bc633aefe770a8b0a75c8c39a3b (patch)
tree6830a53e7be4b73651c757d609f75b8fe943d633 /fs/namei.c
parenta4f5b52167a80edec74093fe6fef291a0318f4ba (diff)
downloadlinux-b16c001de0f66bc633aefe770a8b0a75c8c39a3b.tar.gz
follow_dotdot{,_rcu}(): don't bother with inode
step_into() will fetch it, TYVM.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/namei.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/namei.c15
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 60e17152374a..d631d797ea09 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1884,8 +1884,7 @@ static const char *step_into(struct nameidata *nd, int flags,
 	return pick_link(nd, &path, inode, flags);
 }
 
-static struct dentry *follow_dotdot_rcu(struct nameidata *nd,
-					struct inode **inodep)
+static struct dentry *follow_dotdot_rcu(struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct dentry *parent, *old;
 
@@ -1909,7 +1908,6 @@ static struct dentry *follow_dotdot_rcu(struct nameidata *nd,
 	}
 	old = nd->path.dentry;
 	parent = old->d_parent;
-	*inodep = parent->d_inode;
 	nd->next_seq = read_seqcount_begin(&parent->d_seq);
 	// makes sure that non-RCU pathwalk could reach this state
 	if (read_seqcount_retry(&old->d_seq, nd->seq))
@@ -1923,12 +1921,10 @@ in_root:
 	if (unlikely(nd->flags & LOOKUP_BENEATH))
 		return ERR_PTR(-ECHILD);
 	nd->next_seq = nd->seq;
-	*inodep = nd->path.dentry->d_inode;
 	return nd->path.dentry;
 }
 
-static struct dentry *follow_dotdot(struct nameidata *nd,
-				 struct inode **inodep)
+static struct dentry *follow_dotdot(struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct dentry *parent;
 
@@ -1952,13 +1948,11 @@ static struct dentry *follow_dotdot(struct nameidata *nd,
 		dput(parent);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 	}
-	*inodep = parent->d_inode;
 	return parent;
 
 in_root:
 	if (unlikely(nd->flags & LOOKUP_BENEATH))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EXDEV);
-	*inodep = nd->path.dentry->d_inode;
 	return dget(nd->path.dentry);
 }
 
@@ -1967,7 +1961,6 @@ static const char *handle_dots(struct nameidata *nd, int type)
 	if (type == LAST_DOTDOT) {
 		const char *error = NULL;
 		struct dentry *parent;
-		struct inode *inode;
 
 		if (!nd->root.mnt) {
 			error = ERR_PTR(set_root(nd));
@@ -1975,9 +1968,9 @@ static const char *handle_dots(struct nameidata *nd, int type)
 				return error;
 		}
 		if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
-			parent = follow_dotdot_rcu(nd, &inode);
+			parent = follow_dotdot_rcu(nd);
 		else
-			parent = follow_dotdot(nd, &inode);
+			parent = follow_dotdot(nd);
 		if (IS_ERR(parent))
 			return ERR_CAST(parent);
 		error = step_into(nd, WALK_NOFOLLOW, parent);