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-rw-r--r--fs/dcache.c15
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index b949af850cd..2d244227999 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -611,8 +611,23 @@ static inline void __dget(struct dentry *dentry)
struct dentry *dget_parent(struct dentry *dentry)
{
+ int gotref;
struct dentry *ret;
+ /*
+ * Do optimistic parent lookup without any
+ * locking.
+ */
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ ret = ACCESS_ONCE(dentry->d_parent);
+ gotref = lockref_get_not_zero(&ret->d_lockref);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ if (likely(gotref)) {
+ if (likely(ret == ACCESS_ONCE(dentry->d_parent)))
+ return ret;
+ dput(ret);
+ }
+
repeat:
/*
* Don't need rcu_dereference because we re-check it was correct under