The only thing it does if refcount is not zero is d_lru_del(); no point, IMO, seeing that plain dput() does nothing of that sort... Note that 2 of 3 current callers are guaranteed that refcount is 0. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/dcache.c | 7 ++----- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c index aa9f7ee7a603..49585f2ad896 100644 --- a/fs/dcache.c +++ b/fs/dcache.c @@ -915,8 +915,7 @@ __must_hold(&dentry->d_lock) if (!(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_SHRINK_LIST)) { if (dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_LRU_LIST) d_lru_del(dentry); - if (!dentry->d_lockref.count) - d_shrink_add(dentry, list); + d_shrink_add(dentry, list); } } @@ -1110,10 +1109,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_prune_aliases); static inline void shrink_kill(struct dentry *victim, struct list_head *list) { struct dentry *parent = victim->d_parent; - if (parent != victim) { - --parent->d_lockref.count; + if (parent != victim && !--parent->d_lockref.count) to_shrink_list(parent, list); - } __dentry_kill(victim); } -- 2.39.2