1 files changed, 14 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c b/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
index 2a7ef4f8e2a6..7299e962f334 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
@@ -274,11 +274,11 @@ static int ovl_dir_mark_whiteouts(struct dentry *dir,
         return 0;
 }
 
-static inline int ovl_dir_read_merged(struct path *upperpath,
-                                      struct path *lowerpath,
-                                      struct list_head *list)
+static int ovl_dir_read_merged(struct dentry *dentry, struct list_head *list)
 {
         int err;
+        struct path lowerpath;
+        struct path upperpath;
         struct ovl_readdir_data rdd = {
                 .ctx.actor = ovl_fill_merge,
                 .list = list,
@@ -286,25 +286,28 @@ static inline int ovl_dir_read_merged(struct path *upperpath,
                 .is_merge = false,
         };
 
-        if (upperpath->dentry) {
-                err = ovl_dir_read(upperpath, &rdd);
+        ovl_path_lower(dentry, &lowerpath);
+        ovl_path_upper(dentry, &upperpath);
+
+        if (upperpath.dentry) {
+                err = ovl_dir_read(&upperpath, &rdd);
                 if (err)
                         goto out;
 
-                if (lowerpath->dentry) {
-                        err = ovl_dir_mark_whiteouts(upperpath->dentry, &rdd);
+                if (lowerpath.dentry) {
+                        err = ovl_dir_mark_whiteouts(upperpath.dentry, &rdd);
                         if (err)
                                 goto out;
                 }
         }
-        if (lowerpath->dentry) {
+        if (lowerpath.dentry) {
                 /*
                  * Insert lowerpath entries before upperpath ones, this allows
                  * offsets to be reasonably constant
                  */
                 list_add(&rdd.middle, rdd.list);
                 rdd.is_merge = true;
-                err = ovl_dir_read(lowerpath, &rdd);
+                err = ovl_dir_read(&lowerpath, &rdd);
                 list_del(&rdd.middle);
         }
 out:
@@ -329,8 +332,6 @@ static void ovl_seek_cursor(struct ovl_dir_file *od, loff_t pos)
 static struct ovl_dir_cache *ovl_cache_get(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
         int res;
-        struct path lowerpath;
-        struct path upperpath;
         struct ovl_dir_cache *cache;
 
         cache = ovl_dir_cache(dentry);
@@ -347,10 +348,7 @@ static struct ovl_dir_cache *ovl_cache_get(struct dentry *dentry)
         cache->refcount = 1;
         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cache->entries);
 
-        ovl_path_lower(dentry, &lowerpath);
-        ovl_path_upper(dentry, &upperpath);
-
-        res = ovl_dir_read_merged(&upperpath, &lowerpath, &cache->entries);
+        res = ovl_dir_read_merged(dentry, &cache->entries);
         if (res) {
                 ovl_cache_free(&cache->entries);
                 kfree(cache);
@@ -538,14 +536,9 @@ const struct file_operations ovl_dir_operations = {
 int ovl_check_empty_dir(struct dentry *dentry, struct list_head *list)
 {
         int err;
-        struct path lowerpath;
-        struct path upperpath;
         struct ovl_cache_entry *p;
 
-        ovl_path_upper(dentry, &upperpath);
-        ovl_path_lower(dentry, &lowerpath);
-
-        err = ovl_dir_read_merged(&upperpath, &lowerpath, list);
+        err = ovl_dir_read_merged(dentry, list);
         if (err)
                 return err;