[PATCH] ext2_put_inode race fix

Removes the put_iode optimisation. It's racy, as Chris pointed out.

[PATCH] ext2_put_inode race fix
Removes the put_iode optimisation. It's racy, as Chris pointed out.
63959896 · Andrew Morton · Linus Torvalds · bd054167 · 63959896
Commit 63959896 authored Jun 11, 2002 by Andrew Morton Committed by Linus Torvalds Jun 11, 2002
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--- a/fs/ext2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/inode.c
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ static int ext2_update_inode(struct inode * inode, int do_sync);
 */
 void ext2_put_inode (struct inode * inode)
 {
-	if (atomic_read(&inode->i_count) < 2)	/* final iput? */
-		ext2_discard_prealloc (inode);
+	ext2_discard_prealloc (inode);
 }

 /*