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1 files changed, 23 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index c6fd1f27da57..64024005da43 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1720,18 +1720,23 @@ void d_move(struct dentry * dentry, struct dentry * target)
spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
}
-/*
- * Helper that returns 1 if p1 is a parent of p2, else 0
+/**
+ * d_ancestor - search for an ancestor
+ * @p1: ancestor dentry
+ * @p2: child dentry
+ *
+ * Returns the ancestor dentry of p2 which is a child of p1, if p1 is
+ * an ancestor of p2, else NULL.
*/
-static int d_isparent(struct dentry *p1, struct dentry *p2)
+struct dentry *d_ancestor(struct dentry *p1, struct dentry *p2)
{
struct dentry *p;
for (p = p2; !IS_ROOT(p); p = p->d_parent) {
if (p->d_parent == p1)
- return 1;
+ return p;
}
- return 0;
+ return NULL;
}
/*
@@ -1755,7 +1760,7 @@ static struct dentry *__d_unalias(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *alias)
/* Check for loops */
ret = ERR_PTR(-ELOOP);
- if (d_isparent(alias, dentry))
+ if (d_ancestor(alias, dentry))
goto out_err;
/* See lock_rename() */
@@ -2155,31 +2160,27 @@ out:
* Caller must ensure that "new_dentry" is pinned before calling is_subdir()
*/
-int is_subdir(struct dentry * new_dentry, struct dentry * old_dentry)
+int is_subdir(struct dentry *new_dentry, struct dentry *old_dentry)
{
int result;
- struct dentry * saved = new_dentry;
unsigned long seq;
- /* need rcu_readlock to protect against the d_parent trashing due to
- * d_move
+ /* FIXME: This is old behavior, needed? Please check callers. */
+ if (new_dentry == old_dentry)
+ return 1;
+
+ /*
+ * Need rcu_readlock to protect against the d_parent trashing
+ * due to d_move
*/
rcu_read_lock();
- do {
+ do {
/* for restarting inner loop in case of seq retry */
- new_dentry = saved;
- result = 0;
seq = read_seqbegin(&rename_lock);
- for (;;) {
- if (new_dentry != old_dentry) {
- if (IS_ROOT(new_dentry))
- break;
- new_dentry = new_dentry->d_parent;
- continue;
- }
+ if (d_ancestor(old_dentry, new_dentry))
result = 1;
- break;
- }
+ else
+ result = 0;
} while (read_seqretry(&rename_lock, seq));
rcu_read_unlock();