d_entry delete ( d_delete ) in d_cache.c on linux 2.6.15 and beyond

[Flavio]

Hello,

I notice that on versions 2.6.15 and later, the function

    void d_delete(struct dentry * dentry)

Implements a mechanism for notifying the deletion of the d_entry.

The implementation assumes that the d_entry has a non-null d_inode pointer
and that seems to be terribly wrong. In other words, how can a
"negative d_entry"
be deleted? Implementation of rename may use dummy dentries (that have d_inode
set to NULL) and that is a problem as well.

Please CC me if you have any comments/feedback on this subject.

Thanks!

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PS. For more specific details on the code I'm referring to, see below:

File .../fs/dcache.c

void d_delete(struct dentry * dentry)
{
	int isdir = 0;
...
	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
	isdir = S_ISDIR(dentry->d_inode->i_mode);   <======= MUST CHECK d_inode!!!!
	if (atomic_read(&dentry->d_count) == 1) {
...
}
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