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-rw-r--r--fs/configfs/dir.c14
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/fs/configfs/dir.c b/fs/configfs/dir.c
index 5e7932d668ab..22203a3423a3 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c
@@ -58,15 +58,13 @@ static void configfs_d_iput(struct dentry * dentry,
if (sd) {
/* Coordinate with configfs_readdir */
spin_lock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
- /* Coordinate with configfs_attach_attr where will increase
- * sd->s_count and update sd->s_dentry to new allocated one.
- * Only set sd->dentry to null when this dentry is the only
- * sd owner.
- * If not do so, configfs_d_iput may run just after
- * configfs_attach_attr and set sd->s_dentry to null
- * even it's still in use.
+ /*
+ * Set sd->s_dentry to null only when this dentry is the one
+ * that is going to be killed. Otherwise configfs_d_iput may
+ * run just after configfs_attach_attr and set sd->s_dentry to
+ * NULL even it's still in use.
*/
- if (atomic_read(&sd->s_count) <= 2)
+ if (sd->s_dentry == dentry)
sd->s_dentry = NULL;
spin_unlock(&configfs_dirent_lock);