1 files changed, 2 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index 1a1c2fcb7823..25fa8bba8cb5 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -737,21 +737,6 @@ static struct file_system_type hugetlbfs_fs_type = {
 
 static struct vfsmount *hugetlbfs_vfsmount;
 
-/*
- * Return the next identifier for a shm file
- */
-static unsigned long hugetlbfs_counter(void)
-{
-        static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(lock);
-        static unsigned long counter;
-        unsigned long ret;
-
-        spin_lock(&lock);
-        ret = ++counter;
-        spin_unlock(&lock);
-        return ret;
-}
-
 static int can_do_hugetlb_shm(void)
 {
         return likely(capable(CAP_IPC_LOCK) ||
@@ -767,6 +752,7 @@ struct file *hugetlb_zero_setup(size_t size)
         struct dentry *dentry, *root;
         struct qstr quick_string;
         char buf[16];
+        static atomic_t counter;
 
         if (!can_do_hugetlb_shm())
                 return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
@@ -775,7 +761,7 @@ struct file *hugetlb_zero_setup(size_t size)
                 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
         root = hugetlbfs_vfsmount->mnt_root;
-        snprintf(buf, 16, "%lu", hugetlbfs_counter());
+        snprintf(buf, 16, "%u", atomic_inc_return(&counter));
         quick_string.name = buf;
         quick_string.len = strlen(quick_string.name);
         quick_string.hash = 0;