1 files changed, 8 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 2097684cf19..b303dfc7dce 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -901,13 +901,10 @@ static void cgroup_diput(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
                 mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
 
                 /*
-                 * We want to drop the active superblock reference from the
-                 * cgroup creation after all the dentry refs are gone -
-                 * kill_sb gets mighty unhappy otherwise.  Mark
-                 * dentry->d_fsdata with cgroup_diput() to tell
-                 * cgroup_d_release() to call deactivate_super().
+                 * Drop the active superblock reference that we took when we
+                 * created the cgroup
                  */
-                dentry->d_fsdata = cgroup_diput;
+                deactivate_super(cgrp->root->sb);
 
                 /*
                  * if we're getting rid of the cgroup, refcount should ensure
@@ -933,13 +930,6 @@ static int cgroup_delete(const struct dentry *d)
         return 1;
 }
 
-static void cgroup_d_release(struct dentry *dentry)
-{
-        /* did cgroup_diput() tell me to deactivate super? */
-        if (dentry->d_fsdata == cgroup_diput)
-                deactivate_super(dentry->d_sb);
-}
-
 static void remove_dir(struct dentry *d)
 {
         struct dentry *parent = dget(d->d_parent);
@@ -1547,7 +1537,6 @@ static int cgroup_get_rootdir(struct super_block *sb)
         static const struct dentry_operations cgroup_dops = {
                 .d_iput = cgroup_diput,
                 .d_delete = cgroup_delete,
-                .d_release = cgroup_d_release,
         };
 
         struct inode *inode =
@@ -3894,8 +3883,12 @@ static void css_dput_fn(struct work_struct *work)
 {
         struct cgroup_subsys_state *css =
                 container_of(work, struct cgroup_subsys_state, dput_work);
+        struct dentry *dentry = css->cgroup->dentry;
+        struct super_block *sb = dentry->d_sb;
 
-        dput(css->cgroup->dentry);
+        atomic_inc(&sb->s_active);
+        dput(dentry);
+        deactivate_super(sb);
 }
 
 static void init_cgroup_css(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css,