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-rw-r--r--fs/namei.c8
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 10635d32917..9e701e28a32 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -455,14 +455,6 @@ static int nameidata_dentry_drop_rcu(struct nameidata *nd, struct dentry *dentry
struct fs_struct *fs = current->fs;
struct dentry *parent = nd->path.dentry;
- /*
- * It can be possible to revalidate the dentry that we started
- * the path walk with. force_reval_path may also revalidate the
- * dentry already committed to the nameidata.
- */
- if (unlikely(parent == dentry))
- return nameidata_drop_rcu(nd);
-
BUG_ON(!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU));
if (nd->root.mnt) {
spin_lock(&fs->lock);