[PATCH] remove ext[34]_inc_count and _dec_count

- Naming is confusing, ext3_inc_count manipulates i_nlink not i_count
- handle argument passed in is not used
- ext3 and ext4 already call inc_nlink and dec_nlink directly in other places

Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 05c0d7f8fdf9..34b3448b40f9 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1616,21 +1616,6 @@ static int ext4_delete_entry (handle_t *handle,
         return -ENOENT;
 }
 
-/*
- * ext4_mark_inode_dirty is somewhat expensive, so unlike ext2 we
- * do not perform it in these functions.  We perform it at the call site,
- * if it is needed.
- */
-static inline void ext4_inc_count(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
-{
-        inc_nlink(inode);
-}
-
-static inline void ext4_dec_count(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
-{
-        drop_nlink(inode);
-}
-
 static int ext4_add_nondir(handle_t *handle,
                 struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
 {
@@ -1640,7 +1625,7 @@ static int ext4_add_nondir(handle_t *handle,
                 d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
                 return 0;
         }
-        ext4_dec_count(handle, inode);
+        drop_nlink(inode);
         iput(inode);
         return err;
 }
@@ -2161,7 +2146,7 @@ retry:
                 err = __page_symlink(inode, symname, l,
                                 mapping_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping) & ~__GFP_FS);
                 if (err) {
-                        ext4_dec_count(handle, inode);
+                        drop_nlink(inode);
                         ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
                         iput (inode);
                         goto out_stop;
@@ -2206,7 +2191,7 @@ retry:
                 handle->h_sync = 1;
 
         inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
-        ext4_inc_count(handle, inode);
+        inc_nlink(inode);
         atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);
 
         err = ext4_add_nondir(handle, dentry, inode);