... we won't see DCACHE_MAY_FREE on anything that is *not* dead and checking d_flags is just as cheap as checking d_count. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/dcache.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c index 49b3fd27559f..19f6eb6f2bde 100644 --- a/fs/dcache.c +++ b/fs/dcache.c @@ -1116,11 +1116,10 @@ void shrink_dentry_list(struct list_head *list) spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock); rcu_read_lock(); if (!lock_for_kill(dentry)) { - bool can_free = false; + bool can_free; rcu_read_unlock(); d_shrink_del(dentry); - if (dentry->d_lockref.count < 0) - can_free = dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_MAY_FREE; + can_free = dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_MAY_FREE; spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock); if (can_free) dentry_free(dentry); -- 2.39.2