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[5/7] follow_dotdot{,_rcu}(): don't bother with inode

Message ID YsN0mtY5ecwW7MS3@ZenIV (mailing list archive)
State New
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Series [1/7] __follow_mount_rcu(): verify that mount_lock remains unchanged | expand

Commit Message

Al Viro July 4, 2022, 11:15 p.m. UTC 
step_into() will fetch it, TYVM.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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 fs/namei.c | 15 ++++-----------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index dddbebf92b48..fe95fe39634c 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1880,8 +1880,7 @@  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;
 
@@ -1905,7 +1904,6 @@  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 (unlikely(read_seqcount_retry(&old->d_seq, nd->seq)))
@@ -1919,12 +1917,10 @@  static struct dentry *follow_dotdot_rcu(struct nameidata *nd,
 	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;
 
@@ -1948,13 +1944,11 @@  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);
 }
 
@@ -1963,7 +1957,6 @@  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));
@@ -1971,9 +1964,9 @@  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);