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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 090f0eacde29..296cf2fde945 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1378,7 +1378,7 @@ struct super_block {
#else
struct list_head s_files;
#endif
- /* s_dentry_lru and s_nr_dentry_unused are protected by dcache_lock */
+ /* s_dentry_lru, s_nr_dentry_unused protected by dcache.c lru locks */
struct list_head s_dentry_lru; /* unused dentry lru */
int s_nr_dentry_unused; /* # of dentry on lru */
@@ -2446,6 +2446,10 @@ static inline ino_t parent_ino(struct dentry *dentry)
{
ino_t res;
+ /*
+ * Don't strictly need d_lock here? If the parent ino could change
+ * then surely we'd have a deeper race in the caller?
+ */
spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
res = dentry->d_parent->d_inode->i_ino;
spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);