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exportfs: remove locking around ->get_parent() call.
authorNeilBrown <neil@brown.name>
Thu, 13 Mar 2025 22:29:33 +0000 (09:29 +1100)
committerChristian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Fri, 14 Mar 2025 10:39:59 +0000 (11:39 +0100)
commit64a56f635aae25381ea35dce418ce8dd5ceb2f3d
tree878a67d826d2e5cfd98f3b8417ef8b6a10731465
parentdc530c44cd64f9788ec4b2efa04ee7499a04a3f4
exportfs: remove locking around ->get_parent() call.

The locking around the ->get_parent() call brings no value.
We are locking a child which is only used to find an inode and thence the
parent inode number.  All further activity involves the parent inode
which may have several children so locking one child cannot protect the
parent in any useful way.

The filesystem must already ensure that only one 'struct inode' exists
for a given inode, and will call d_obtain_alias() which contains the
required locking to ensure only one dentry will be attached to that
inode.

So remove the unnecessary locking.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/174190497326.9342.9313518146512158587@noble.neil.brown.name
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
fs/exportfs/expfs.c