From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> This patch has been added to the 3.12 stable tree. If you have any objections, please let us know. =============== commit 8cbf74da435d1bd13dbb790f94c7ff67b2fb6af4 upstream. it's 1 in the only remaining caller. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx> --- fs/dcache.c | 11 ++++------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c index e58a23f93495..899555209308 100644 --- a/fs/dcache.c +++ b/fs/dcache.c @@ -522,8 +522,7 @@ static void __dentry_kill(struct dentry *dentry) * If ref is non-zero, then decrement the refcount too. * Returns dentry requiring refcount drop, or NULL if we're done. */ -static struct dentry * -dentry_kill(struct dentry *dentry, int unlock_on_failure) +static struct dentry *dentry_kill(struct dentry *dentry) __releases(dentry->d_lock) { struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode; @@ -545,10 +544,8 @@ dentry_kill(struct dentry *dentry, int unlock_on_failure) return parent; failed: - if (unlock_on_failure) { - spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock); - cpu_relax(); - } + spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock); + cpu_relax(); return dentry; /* try again with same dentry */ } @@ -637,7 +634,7 @@ repeat: return; kill_it: - dentry = dentry_kill(dentry, 1); + dentry = dentry_kill(dentry); if (dentry) goto repeat; } -- 2.1.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html