Hello, On Fri, Jun 02, 2017 at 02:53:57PM -0700, Shaohua Li wrote: > @@ -570,7 +570,8 @@ static int kernfs_dop_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags) > goto out_bad; > > /* The kernfs node has been moved? */ > - if (dentry->d_parent->d_fsdata != kn->parent) > + if (d_really_is_negative(dentry->d_parent) || > + kernfs_dentry_node(dentry->d_parent) != kn->parent) > goto out_bad; Can we move d_really_is_negative() into kernfs_dentry_node()? That might add an additional NULL test to some paths but I don't think that will ever show up anywhere. > diff --git a/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h b/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h > index 3534cfe..82e11fa 100644 > --- a/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h > +++ b/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h > @@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ struct kernfs_super_info { > }; > #define kernfs_info(SB) ((struct kernfs_super_info *)(SB->s_fs_info)) > > +#define kernfs_dentry_node(d) ((d_inode(d))->i_private) I know the prev one is a macro but let's make the new one an inline function. Thnaks. -- tejun