The current code takes the dentry's d_lock lock whenever the d_count
reference count is being updated. In reality, nothing big really
happens until d_count goes to 0 in dput(). So it is not necessary
to take the lock if the reference count won't go to 0. On the other
hand, there are cases where
The current code takes the dentry's d_lock lock whenever the d_count
reference count is being updated. In reality, nothing big really
happens until d_count goes to 0 in dput(). So it is not necessary
to take the lock if the reference count won't go to 0. On the other
hand, there are cases where
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