Now that d_invalidate always succeeds and flushes mount points use it in stead of a combination of shrink_dcache_parent and d_drop in proc_flush_task_mnt. This removes the danger of a mount point under /proc/<pid>/... becoming unreachable after the d_drop. Reviewed-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/proc/base.c | 6 ++---- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c index aa62b37f1303..40d97e576d32 100644 --- a/fs/proc/base.c +++ b/fs/proc/base.c @@ -2700,8 +2700,7 @@ static void proc_flush_task_mnt(struct vfsmount *mnt, pid_t pid, pid_t tgid) /* no ->d_hash() rejects on procfs */ dentry = d_hash_and_lookup(mnt->mnt_root, &name); if (dentry) { - shrink_dcache_parent(dentry); - d_drop(dentry); + d_invalidate(dentry); dput(dentry); } @@ -2721,8 +2720,7 @@ static void proc_flush_task_mnt(struct vfsmount *mnt, pid_t pid, pid_t tgid) name.len = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%d", pid); dentry = d_hash_and_lookup(dir, &name); if (dentry) { - shrink_dcache_parent(dentry); - d_drop(dentry); + d_invalidate(dentry); dput(dentry); } -- 1.7.5.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html