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1) in case of __follow_mount_rcu() failure, lookup_fast() proceeds to call unlazy_child() and, should it succeed, handle_mounts(). Note that we have status > 0 (or we wouldn't be calling __follow_mount_rcu() at all), so all stuff conditional upon non-positive status won't be even touched. Consolidate just that sequence after the call of __follow_mount_rcu(). 2) calling d_is_negative() and keeping its result is pointless - we either don't get past checking ->d_seq (and don't use the results of d_is_negative() at all), or we are guaranteed that ->d_inode and type bits of ->d_flags had been consistent at the time of d_is_negative() call. IOW, we could only get to the use of its result if it's equal to !inode. The same ->d_seq check guarantees that after that point this CPU won't observe ->d_flags values older than ->d_inode update. So 'negative' variable is completely pointless these days. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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