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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 66515fbc9d..4c144519aa 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -3035,28 +3035,25 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_splice_alias);
bool is_subdir(struct dentry *new_dentry, struct dentry *old_dentry)
{
- bool result;
+ bool subdir;
unsigned seq;
if (new_dentry == old_dentry)
return true;
- do {
- /* for restarting inner loop in case of seq retry */
- seq = read_seqbegin(&rename_lock);
- /*
- * Need rcu_readlock to protect against the d_parent trashing
- * due to d_move
- */
- rcu_read_lock();
- if (d_ancestor(old_dentry, new_dentry))
- result = true;
- else
- result = false;
- rcu_read_unlock();
- } while (read_seqretry(&rename_lock, seq));
-
- return result;
+ /* Access d_parent under rcu as d_move() may change it. */
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ seq = read_seqbegin(&rename_lock);
+ subdir = d_ancestor(old_dentry, new_dentry);
+ /* Try lockless once... */
+ if (read_seqretry(&rename_lock, seq)) {
+ /* ...else acquire lock for progress even on deep chains. */
+ read_seqlock_excl(&rename_lock);
+ subdir = d_ancestor(old_dentry, new_dentry);
+ read_sequnlock_excl(&rename_lock);
+ }
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ return subdir;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(is_subdir);