On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 01:28:39PM -0400, Gabriel Krisman Bertazi wrote: > dentry->d_name is only checked by the case-insensitive d_revalidate hook > in the LOOKUP_CREATE/LOOKUP_RENAME_TARGET case since, for these cases, > d_revalidate is always called with the parent inode read-locked, and > therefore the name cannot change from under us. "at least read-locked"? Or do you actually mean write-locked? > +static inline int generic_ci_d_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, > + const struct qstr *name, > + unsigned int flags) No need for inline here. - Eric
