@@ -63,20 +63,15 @@ static int v9fs_dentry_delete(const struct dentry *dentry)
* v9fs_cached_dentry_delete - called when dentry refcount equals 0
* @dentry: dentry in question
*
- * Only return 1 if our inode is invalid. Only non-synthetic files
- * (ones without mtime == 0) should be calling this function.
- *
*/
-
static int v9fs_cached_dentry_delete(const struct dentry *dentry)
{
- struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
- P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, " dentry: %s (%p)\n", dentry->d_name.name,
- dentry);
+ P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, " dentry: %s (%p)\n",
+ dentry->d_name.name, dentry);
- if(!inode)
+ /* Don't cache negative dentries */
+ if (!dentry->d_inode)
return 1;
-
return 0;
}