* d_iput() operation if defined.
* Called with dcache_lock and per dentry lock held, drops both.
*/
-static inline void dentry_iput(struct dentry * dentry)
+static void dentry_iput(struct dentry * dentry)
{
struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
if (inode) {
*
* Fill in inode information in the entry. On success, it returns NULL.
* If an unhashed alias of "entry" already exists, then we return the
- * aliased dentry instead.
+ * aliased dentry instead and drop one reference to inode.
*
* Note that in order to avoid conflicts with rename() etc, the caller
* had better be holding the parent directory semaphore.
+ *
+ * This also assumes that the inode count has been incremented
+ * (or otherwise set) by the caller to indicate that it is now
+ * in use by the dcache.
*/
struct dentry *d_instantiate_unique(struct dentry *entry, struct inode *inode)
{
dget_locked(alias);
spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
BUG_ON(!d_unhashed(alias));
+ iput(inode);
return alias;
}
list_add(&entry->d_alias, &inode->i_dentry);