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Subject[PATCH 05/16] overlayfs: Replace smp_read_barrier_depends() with lockless_dereference()
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Recently lockless_dereference() was added which can be used in place of
hard-coding smp_read_barrier_depends(). The following PATCH makes the change.

Signed-off-by: Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@gmail.com>
---
fs/overlayfs/super.c | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index 08b704c..b0f050e 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -84,12 +84,10 @@ enum ovl_path_type ovl_path_type(struct dentry *dentry)

static struct dentry *ovl_upperdentry_dereference(struct ovl_entry *oe)
{
- struct dentry *upperdentry = ACCESS_ONCE(oe->__upperdentry);
/*
* Make sure to order reads to upperdentry wrt ovl_dentry_update()
*/
- smp_read_barrier_depends();
- return upperdentry;
+ return lockless_dereference(oe->__upperdentry);
}

void ovl_path_upper(struct dentry *dentry, struct path *path)
--
1.9.1


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