3 files changed, 4 insertions, 30 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 1c3dc5d01cc..36b6c796d4d 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -289,22 +289,7 @@ static void sysfs_d_iput(struct dentry * dentry, struct inode * inode)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent * sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
 
-	if (sd) {
-		/* sd->s_dentry is protected with sysfs_assoc_lock.
-		 * This allows sysfs_drop_dentry() to dereference it.
-		 */
-		spin_lock(&sysfs_assoc_lock);
-
-		/* The dentry might have been deleted or another
-		 * lookup could have happened updating sd->s_dentry to
-		 * point the new dentry.  Ignore if it isn't pointing
-		 * to this dentry.
-		 */
-		if (sd->s_dentry == dentry)
-			sd->s_dentry = NULL;
-		spin_unlock(&sysfs_assoc_lock);
-		sysfs_put(sd);
-	}
+	sysfs_put(sd);
 	iput(inode);
 }
 
@@ -352,9 +337,6 @@ struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_new_dirent(const char *name, umode_t mode, int type)
  *	@sd: target sysfs_dirent
  *	@dentry: dentry to associate
  *
- *	Associate @sd with @dentry.  This is protected by
- *	sysfs_assoc_lock to avoid race with sysfs_d_iput().
- *
  *	LOCKING:
  *	mutex_lock(sysfs_mutex)
  */
@@ -362,12 +344,6 @@ static void sysfs_attach_dentry(struct sysfs_dirent *sd, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	dentry->d_op = &sysfs_dentry_ops;
 	dentry->d_fsdata = sysfs_get(sd);
-
-	/* protect sd->s_dentry against sysfs_d_iput */
-	spin_lock(&sysfs_assoc_lock);
-	sd->s_dentry = dentry;
-	spin_unlock(&sysfs_assoc_lock);
-
 	d_rehash(dentry);
 }
 
@@ -846,7 +822,7 @@ int sysfs_rename_dir(struct kobject * kobj, const char *new_name)
 
 	/* rename */
 	d_add(new_dentry, NULL);
-	d_move(sd->s_dentry, new_dentry);
+	d_move(old_dentry, new_dentry);
 
 	error = 0;
 	goto out_unlock;
@@ -881,7 +857,7 @@ int sysfs_move_dir(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *new_parent_kobj)
 		error = PTR_ERR(old_dentry);
 		goto out_dput;
 	}
-	old_parent = sd->s_parent->s_dentry;
+	old_parent = old_dentry->d_parent;
 
 	new_parent = sysfs_get_dentry(new_parent_sd);
 	if (IS_ERR(new_parent)) {
@@ -907,7 +883,7 @@ again:
 	} else
 		error = 0;
 	d_add(new_dentry, NULL);
-	d_move(sd->s_dentry, new_dentry);
+	d_move(old_dentry, new_dentry);
 	dput(new_dentry);
 
 	/* Remove from old parent's list and insert into new parent's list. */
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/mount.c b/fs/sysfs/mount.c
index 8989cbb51a3..28bf359981f 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/mount.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/mount.c
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ static int sysfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 		iput(inode);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
-	sysfs_root.s_dentry = root;
 	root->d_fsdata = &sysfs_root;
 	sb->s_root = root;
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index 179e6a26ece..791b3ed91a9 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ struct sysfs_dirent {
 	unsigned int		s_flags;
 	umode_t			s_mode;
 	ino_t			s_ino;
-	struct dentry		* s_dentry;
 	struct iattr		* s_iattr;
 	atomic_t		s_event;
 };