[PATCH v2 19/19] nfs: use d_duplicate()

NeilBrown
2026-04-27T03:38:29Z

As preparation for d_alloc_parallel() being allowed without the
directory locked, use d_duplicate() to duplicate a dentry for silly
rename.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>
---
fs/nfs/dir.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index ee4b9b1a484f..dd48dea8bc40 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -2778,11 +2778,9 @@ int nfs_rename(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *old_dir,
spin_unlock(&new_dentry->d_lock);

/* copy the target dentry's name */
- dentry = d_alloc(new_dentry->d_parent,
- &new_dentry->d_name);
+ dentry = d_duplicate(new_dentry);
if (!dentry)
goto out;
-
/* silly-rename the existing target ... */
err = nfs_sillyrename(new_dir, new_dentry);
if (err)
@@ -2847,8 +2845,10 @@ int nfs_rename(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *old_dir,
nfs_dentry_handle_enoent(old_dentry);

/* new dentry created? */
- if (dentry)
+ if (dentry) {
+ d_lookup_done(dentry);
dput(dentry);
+ }
return error;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_rename);
--
2.50.0.107.gf914562f5916.dirty