1 files changed, 18 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/fs/kernfs/dir.c b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
index 37989f02a226..6acc9648f986 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
@@ -201,10 +201,14 @@ static unsigned int kernfs_name_hash(const char *name, const void *ns)
 static int kernfs_name_compare(unsigned int hash, const char *name,
 			       const void *ns, const struct kernfs_node *kn)
 {
-	if (hash != kn->hash)
-		return hash - kn->hash;
-	if (ns != kn->ns)
-		return ns - kn->ns;
+	if (hash < kn->hash)
+		return -1;
+	if (hash > kn->hash)
+		return 1;
+	if (ns < kn->ns)
+		return -1;
+	if (ns > kn->ns)
+		return 1;
 	return strcmp(name, kn->name);
 }
 
@@ -407,8 +411,9 @@ void kernfs_put(struct kernfs_node *kn)
 
 	if (kernfs_type(kn) == KERNFS_LINK)
 		kernfs_put(kn->symlink.target_kn);
-	if (!(kn->flags & KERNFS_STATIC_NAME))
-		kfree(kn->name);
+
+	kfree_const(kn->name);
+
 	if (kn->iattr) {
 		if (kn->iattr->ia_secdata)
 			security_release_secctx(kn->iattr->ia_secdata,
@@ -502,15 +507,12 @@ static struct kernfs_node *__kernfs_new_node(struct kernfs_root *root,
 					     const char *name, umode_t mode,
 					     unsigned flags)
 {
-	char *dup_name = NULL;
 	struct kernfs_node *kn;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!(flags & KERNFS_STATIC_NAME)) {
-		name = dup_name = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!name)
-			return NULL;
-	}
+	name = kstrdup_const(name, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!name)
+		return NULL;
 
 	kn = kmem_cache_zalloc(kernfs_node_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!kn)
@@ -534,7 +536,7 @@ static struct kernfs_node *__kernfs_new_node(struct kernfs_root *root,
  err_out2:
 	kmem_cache_free(kernfs_node_cache, kn);
  err_out1:
-	kfree(dup_name);
+	kfree_const(name);
 	return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -1260,7 +1262,7 @@ int kernfs_rename_ns(struct kernfs_node *kn, struct kernfs_node *new_parent,
 	/* rename kernfs_node */
 	if (strcmp(kn->name, new_name) != 0) {
 		error = -ENOMEM;
-		new_name = kstrdup(new_name, GFP_KERNEL);
+		new_name = kstrdup_const(new_name, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!new_name)
 			goto out;
 	} else {
@@ -1281,9 +1283,7 @@ int kernfs_rename_ns(struct kernfs_node *kn, struct kernfs_node *new_parent,
 
 	kn->ns = new_ns;
 	if (new_name) {
-		if (!(kn->flags & KERNFS_STATIC_NAME))
-			old_name = kn->name;
-		kn->flags &= ~KERNFS_STATIC_NAME;
+		old_name = kn->name;
 		kn->name = new_name;
 	}
 
@@ -1293,7 +1293,7 @@ int kernfs_rename_ns(struct kernfs_node *kn, struct kernfs_node *new_parent,
 	kernfs_link_sibling(kn);
 
 	kernfs_put(old_parent);
-	kfree(old_name);
+	kfree_const(old_name);
 
 	error = 0;
  out: