linux-kernel - [RFC][PATCH v2 17/34] expand the only remaining call of path_lookup

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Date:   Sun, 23 Feb 2020 01:16:09 +0000
From:   Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [RFC][PATCH v2 17/34] expand the only remaining call of path_lookup_conditional()

From: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
---
 fs/namei.c | 14 +++++---------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 6f1f46b931a6..3eed5784942a 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -858,13 +858,6 @@ static int set_root(struct nameidata *nd)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void path_put_conditional(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd)
-{
-	dput(path->dentry);
-	if (path->mnt != nd->path.mnt)
-		mntput(path->mnt);
-}
-
 static inline void path_to_nameidata(const struct path *path,
 					struct nameidata *nd)
 {
@@ -1312,8 +1305,11 @@ static int follow_managed(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd)
 		ret = 1;
 	if (ret > 0 && unlikely(d_flags_negative(flags)))
 		ret = -ENOENT;
-	if (unlikely(ret < 0))
-		path_put_conditional(path, nd);
+	if (unlikely(ret < 0)) {
+		dput(path->dentry);
+		if (path->mnt != nd->path.mnt)
+			mntput(path->mnt);
+	}
 	return ret;
 }
 
-- 
2.11.0