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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 88cec0330bf7..e633a58d4222 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -3617,6 +3617,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(rmdir, const char __user *, pathname)
int vfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
{
+ struct inode *target = dentry->d_inode;
int error = may_delete(dir, dentry, 0);
if (error)
@@ -3625,7 +3626,7 @@ int vfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
if (!dir->i_op->unlink)
return -EPERM;
- mutex_lock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+ mutex_lock(&target->i_mutex);
if (d_mountpoint(dentry))
error = -EBUSY;
else {
@@ -3636,11 +3637,11 @@ int vfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
dont_mount(dentry);
}
}
- mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+ mutex_unlock(&target->i_mutex);
/* We don't d_delete() NFS sillyrenamed files--they still exist. */
if (!error && !(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_NFSFS_RENAMED)) {
- fsnotify_link_count(dentry->d_inode);
+ fsnotify_link_count(target);
d_delete(dentry);
}