@@ -838,33 +838,17 @@ v9fs_vfs_mknod_dotl(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
err);
goto error;
}
-
- /* instantiate inode and assign the unopened fid to the dentry */
- if (v9ses->cache & (CACHE_META|CACHE_LOOSE)) {
- inode = v9fs_get_new_inode_from_fid(v9ses, fid, dir->i_sb);
- if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
- err = PTR_ERR(inode);
- p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "inode creation failed %d\n",
- err);
- goto error;
- }
- v9fs_set_create_acl(inode, fid, dacl, pacl);
- v9fs_fid_add(dentry, &fid);
- d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
- err = 0;
- } else {
- /*
- * Not in cached mode. No need to populate inode with stat.
- * socket syscall returns a fd, so we need instantiate
- */
- inode = v9fs_get_inode(dir->i_sb, mode, rdev);
- if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
- err = PTR_ERR(inode);
- goto error;
- }
- v9fs_set_create_acl(inode, fid, dacl, pacl);
- d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+ inode = v9fs_get_new_inode_from_fid(v9ses, fid, dir->i_sb);
+ if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
+ err = PTR_ERR(inode);
+ p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "inode creation failed %d\n",
+ err);
+ goto error;
}
+ v9fs_set_create_acl(inode, fid, dacl, pacl);
+ v9fs_fid_add(dentry, &fid);
+ d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+ err = 0;
error:
p9_fid_put(fid);
v9fs_put_acl(dacl, pacl);
Like symlink, mknod had a seperate path with different inode allocation -- but this seems unnecessary, so eliminating this path. Signed-off-by: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@kernel.org> --- fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c | 36 ++++++++++-------------------------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)