[patch 1/4] vfs: path_{get,put}() cleanups
Here are some more places where path_{get,put}() can be used instead of
dput()/mntput() pair.
Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck <jblunck@suse.de>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index c7e4353..ee15446 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -581,15 +581,13 @@
int result;
/* make sure the stuff we saved doesn't go away */
- dget(save.dentry);
- mntget(save.mnt);
+ path_get(&save);
result = __link_path_walk(name, nd);
if (result == -ESTALE) {
/* nd->path had been dropped */
nd->path = save;
- dget(nd->path.dentry);
- mntget(nd->path.mnt);
+ path_get(&nd->path);
nd->flags |= LOOKUP_REVAL;
result = __link_path_walk(name, nd);
}
@@ -1216,8 +1214,9 @@
nd->flags = flags;
nd->depth = 0;
- nd->path.mnt = mntget(mnt);
- nd->path.dentry = dget(dentry);
+ nd->path.dentry = dentry;
+ nd->path.mnt = mnt;
+ path_get(&nd->path);
retval = path_walk(name, nd);
if (unlikely(!retval && !audit_dummy_context() && nd->path.dentry &&