From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 1) in case of __follow_mount_rcu() failure, lookup_fast() proceeds to call unlazy_child() and, should it succeed, handle_mounts(). Note that we have status > 0 (or we wouldn't be calling __follow_mount_rcu() at all), so all stuff conditional upon non-positive status won't be even touched. Consolidate just that sequence after the call of __follow_mount_rcu(). 2) calling d_is_negative() and keeping its result is pointless - we either don't get past checking ->d_seq (and don't use the results of d_is_negative() at all), or we are guaranteed that ->d_inode and type bits of ->d_flags had been consistent at the time of d_is_negative() call. IOW, we could only get to the use of its result if it's equal to !inode. The same ->d_seq check guarantees that after that point this CPU won't observe ->d_flags values older than ->d_inode update. So 'negative' variable is completely pointless these days. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/namei.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 033f91a72bb5..53e859b80b4c 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -1631,7 +1631,6 @@ static int lookup_fast(struct nameidata *nd, */ if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) { unsigned seq; - bool negative; dentry = __d_lookup_rcu(parent, &nd->last, &seq); if (unlikely(!dentry)) { if (unlazy_walk(nd)) @@ -1644,7 +1643,6 @@ static int lookup_fast(struct nameidata *nd, * the dentry name information from lookup. */ *inode = d_backing_inode(dentry); - negative = d_is_negative(dentry); if (unlikely(read_seqcount_retry(&dentry->d_seq, seq))) return -ECHILD; @@ -1665,12 +1663,15 @@ static int lookup_fast(struct nameidata *nd, * Note: do negative dentry check after revalidation in * case that drops it. */ - if (unlikely(negative)) + if (unlikely(!inode)) return -ENOENT; path->mnt = mnt; path->dentry = dentry; if (likely(__follow_mount_rcu(nd, path, inode, seqp))) return 1; + if (unlazy_child(nd, dentry, seq)) + return -ECHILD; + return handle_mounts(nd, dentry, path, inode, seqp); } if (unlazy_child(nd, dentry, seq)) return -ECHILD; -- 2.11.0