2 files changed, 5 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 1c323dd92fb2..44f6cf23b70e 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1408,9 +1408,6 @@ void d_delete(struct dentry * dentry)
         if (atomic_read(&dentry->d_count) == 1) {
                 dentry_iput(dentry);
                 fsnotify_nameremove(dentry, isdir);
-
-                /* remove this and other inotify debug checks after 2.6.18 */
-                dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_INOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED;
                 return;
         }
 
diff --git a/fs/inotify.c b/fs/inotify.c
index b2b109bf29d6..690e72595e6e 100644
--- a/fs/inotify.c
+++ b/fs/inotify.c
@@ -168,20 +168,14 @@ static void set_dentry_child_flags(struct inode *inode, int watched)
                 struct dentry *child;
 
                 list_for_each_entry(child, &alias->d_subdirs, d_u.d_child) {
-                        if (!child->d_inode) {
-                                WARN_ON(child->d_flags & DCACHE_INOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED);
+                        if (!child->d_inode)
                                 continue;
-                        }
+
                         spin_lock(&child->d_lock);
-                        if (watched) {
-                                WARN_ON(child->d_flags &
-                                                DCACHE_INOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED);
+                        if (watched)
                                 child->d_flags |= DCACHE_INOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED;
-                        } else {
-                                WARN_ON(!(child->d_flags &
-                                        DCACHE_INOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED));
-                                child->d_flags&=~DCACHE_INOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED;
-                        }
+                        else
+                                child->d_flags &=~DCACHE_INOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED;
                         spin_unlock(&child->d_lock);
                 }
         }
@@ -253,7 +247,6 @@ void inotify_d_instantiate(struct dentry *entry, struct inode *inode)
         if (!inode)
                 return;
 
-        WARN_ON(entry->d_flags & DCACHE_INOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED);
         spin_lock(&entry->d_lock);
         parent = entry->d_parent;
         if (parent->d_inode && inotify_inode_watched(parent->d_inode))