linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH 30/35] Revert "vfs: make argument of d_real

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Date:   Thu, 12 Apr 2018 17:08:21 +0200
From:   Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...hat.com>
To:     linux-unionfs@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH 30/35] Revert "vfs: make argument of d_real_inode() const"

This reverts commit 7b1742eb06ead6d02a6cf3c44587088e5392d1aa.

No user of d_real_inode() remains, so it can be removed.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...hat.com>
---
 include/linux/dcache.h | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
index 8ca25ea3b9db..c2dea5e78f54 100644
--- a/include/linux/dcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
@@ -593,10 +593,9 @@ static inline struct dentry *d_real(struct dentry *dentry,
  * If dentry is on a union/overlay, then return the underlying, real inode.
  * Otherwise return d_inode().
  */
-static inline struct inode *d_real_inode(const struct dentry *dentry)
+static inline struct inode *d_real_inode(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	/* This usage of d_real() results in const dentry */
-	return d_backing_inode(d_real((struct dentry *) dentry, NULL, 0));
+	return d_backing_inode(d_real(dentry, NULL, 0));
 }
 
 struct name_snapshot {
-- 
2.14.3