kernfs: dont call d_splice_alias() under kernfs node lock

The call to d_splice_alias() in kernfs_iop_lookup() doesn't depend on any kernfs node so there's no reason to hold the kernfs node lock when calling it. Reviewed-by: Miklos Szeredi <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Ian Kent <[email protected]> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/162642772000.63632.10672683419693513226.stgit@web.messagingengine.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
josf · Jul 27, 2021 · df6192f · df6192f
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commit df6192f
Showing 1 changed file with 2 additions and 4 deletions.
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/dir.c b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
@@ -1100,7 +1100,6 @@ static struct dentry *kernfs_iop_lookup(struct inode *dir,
 					struct dentry *dentry,
 					unsigned int flags)
 {
-	struct dentry *ret;
 	struct kernfs_node *parent = dir->i_private;
 	struct kernfs_node *kn;
 	struct inode *inode = NULL;
@@ -1120,11 +1119,10 @@ static struct dentry *kernfs_iop_lookup(struct inode *dir,
 	/* Needed only for negative dentry validation */
 	if (!inode)
 		kernfs_set_rev(parent, dentry);
-	/* instantiate and hash (possibly negative) dentry */
-	ret = d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
 	up_read(&kernfs_rwsem);
 
-	return ret;
+	/* instantiate and hash (possibly negative) dentry */
+	return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
 }
 
 static int kernfs_iop_mkdir(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,