From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Currently the pde_is_permanent check is being run on root multiple times rather than on the next proc directory entry. This looks like a copy-paste error. Fix this by replacing root with next. Addresses-Coverity: ("Copy-paste error") Fixes: d919b33dafb3 ("proc: faster open/read/close with "permanent" files") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/proc/generic.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c index bc86aa87cc41..5600da30e289 100644 --- a/fs/proc/generic.c +++ b/fs/proc/generic.c @@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ int remove_proc_subtree(const char *name, struct proc_dir_entry *parent) while (1) { next = pde_subdir_first(de); if (next) { - if (unlikely(pde_is_permanent(root))) { + if (unlikely(pde_is_permanent(next))) { write_unlock(&proc_subdir_lock); WARN(1, "removing permanent /proc entry '%s/%s'", next->parent->name, next->name); -- 2.30.2