Merge tag 'v3.8-rc3' into v4l_for_linus

Linux 3.8-rc3

* tag 'v3.8-rc3': (11110 commits)
  Linux 3.8-rc3
  mm: reinstante dropped pmd_trans_splitting() check
  cred: Remove tgcred pointer from struct cred
  drm/ttm: fix fence locking in ttm_buffer_object_transfer
  ARM: clps711x: Fix bad merge of clockevents setup
  ARM: highbank: save and restore L2 cache and GIC on suspend
  ARM: highbank: add a power request clear
  ARM: highbank: fix secondary boot and hotplug
  ARM: highbank: fix typos with hignbank in power request functions
  ARM: dts: fix highbank cpu mpidr values
  ARM: dts: add device_type prop to cpu nodes on Calxeda platforms
  drm/prime: drop reference on imported dma-buf come from gem
  xen/netfront: improve truesize tracking
  ARM: mx5: Fix MX53 flexcan2 clock
  ARM: OMAP2+: am33xx-hwmod: Fix wrongly terminated am33xx_usbss_mpu_irqs array
  sctp: fix Kconfig bug in default cookie hmac selection
  EDAC: Cleanup device deregistering path
  EDAC: Fix EDAC Kconfig menu
  EDAC: Fix kernel panic on module unloading
  ALSA: hda - add mute LED for HP Pavilion 17 (Realtek codec)
  ...

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 33 deletions

diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 3a463d0c4fe..19153a0a810 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -455,24 +455,6 @@ void d_drop(struct dentry *dentry)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_drop);
 
 /*
- * d_clear_need_lookup - drop a dentry from cache and clear the need lookup flag
- * @dentry: dentry to drop
- *
- * This is called when we do a lookup on a placeholder dentry that needed to be
- * looked up.  The dentry should have been hashed in order for it to be found by
- * the lookup code, but now needs to be unhashed while we do the actual lookup
- * and clear the DCACHE_NEED_LOOKUP flag.
- */
-void d_clear_need_lookup(struct dentry *dentry)
-{
-	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	__d_drop(dentry);
-	dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_NEED_LOOKUP;
-	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_clear_need_lookup);
-
-/*
  * Finish off a dentry we've decided to kill.
  * dentry->d_lock must be held, returns with it unlocked.
  * If ref is non-zero, then decrement the refcount too.
@@ -565,13 +547,7 @@ repeat:
  	if (d_unhashed(dentry))
 		goto kill_it;
 
-	/*
-	 * If this dentry needs lookup, don't set the referenced flag so that it
-	 * is more likely to be cleaned up by the dcache shrinker in case of
-	 * memory pressure.
-	 */
-	if (!d_need_lookup(dentry))
-		dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_REFERENCED;
+	dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_REFERENCED;
 	dentry_lru_add(dentry);
 
 	dentry->d_count--;
@@ -1583,7 +1559,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_find_any_alias);
  */
 struct dentry *d_obtain_alias(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	static const struct qstr anonstring = { .name = "" };
+	static const struct qstr anonstring = QSTR_INIT("/", 1);
 	struct dentry *tmp;
 	struct dentry *res;
 
@@ -1737,13 +1713,6 @@ struct dentry *d_add_ci(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * We are going to instantiate this dentry, unhash it and clear the
-	 * lookup flag so we can do that.
-	 */
-	if (unlikely(d_need_lookup(found)))
-		d_clear_need_lookup(found);
-
-	/*
 	 * Negative dentry: instantiate it unless the inode is a directory and
 	 * already has a dentry.
 	 */