kernfs: Remove reference counting for kernfs_open_node.
authorImran Khan <imran.f.khan@oracle.com>
Thu, 24 Mar 2022 10:30:39 +0000 (21:30 +1100)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Wed, 27 Apr 2022 07:51:57 +0000 (09:51 +0200)
commitbd900901b8d1838bf1b6e63063e0025fca42d283
tree85d696920282480cd55649f05009529b5f4d8a5e
parent6423d2951087231706246f81851067f7f0593d4a
kernfs: Remove reference counting for kernfs_open_node.

The decision to free kernfs_open_node object in kernfs_put_open_node can
be taken based on whether kernfs_open_node->files list is empty or not. As
far as kernfs_drain_open_files is concerned it can't overlap with
kernfs_fops_open and hence can check for ->attr.open optimistically
(if ->attr.open is NULL) or under kernfs_open_file_mutex (if it needs to
traverse the ->files list.) Thus kernfs_drain_open_files can work w/o ref
counting involved kernfs_open_node as well.
So remove ->refcnt and modify the above mentioned users accordingly.

Suggested by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

Signed-off-by: Imran Khan <imran.f.khan@oracle.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220324103040.584491-2-imran.f.khan@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
fs/kernfs/file.c