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-rw-r--r--fs/dcache.c8
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 656ce522a218..37b5afdaf698 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1239,13 +1239,13 @@ ascend:
/* might go back up the wrong parent if we have had a rename. */
if (need_seqretry(&rename_lock, seq))
goto rename_retry;
- next = child->d_child.next;
- while (unlikely(child->d_flags & DCACHE_DENTRY_KILLED)) {
+ /* go into the first sibling still alive */
+ do {
+ next = child->d_child.next;
if (next == &this_parent->d_subdirs)
goto ascend;
child = list_entry(next, struct dentry, d_child);
- next = next->next;
- }
+ } while (unlikely(child->d_flags & DCACHE_DENTRY_KILLED));
rcu_read_unlock();
goto resume;
}