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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 1ee6404b430b..407095188f83 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -2360,17 +2360,19 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_hash_and_lookup);
* - unhash this dentry and free it.
*
* Usually, we want to just turn this into
- * a negative dentry, but certain workloads can
- * generate a large number of negative dentries.
- * Therefore, it would be better to simply
- * unhash it.
+ * a negative dentry, but if anybody else is
+ * currently using the dentry or the inode
+ * we can't do that and we fall back on removing
+ * it from the hash queues and waiting for
+ * it to be deleted later when it has no users
*/
/**
* d_delete - delete a dentry
* @dentry: The dentry to delete
*
- * Remove the dentry from the hash queues so it can be deleted later.
+ * Turn the dentry into a negative dentry if possible, otherwise
+ * remove it from the hash queues so it can be deleted later
*/
void d_delete(struct dentry * dentry)
@@ -2379,8 +2381,6 @@ void d_delete(struct dentry * dentry)
spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
- __d_drop(dentry);
-
/*
* Are we the only user?
*/
@@ -2388,6 +2388,7 @@ void d_delete(struct dentry * dentry)
dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_CANT_MOUNT;
dentry_unlink_inode(dentry);
} else {
+ __d_drop(dentry);
spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
}