[PATCH v2 4/8] fs/9p: Eliminate redundant non-cache path in mknod

[Eric Van Hensbergen]

Like symlink, mknod had a seperate path with different inode
allocation -- but this seems unnecessary, so eliminating this path.

Signed-off-by: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c | 36 ++++++++++--------------------------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
index ab52a89367d2..ddc3cfdcc13b 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
@@ -836,33 +836,17 @@ v9fs_vfs_mknod_dotl(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 			 err);
 		goto error;
 	}
-
-	/* instantiate inode and assign the unopened fid to the dentry */
-	if (v9ses->cache & (CACHE_META|CACHE_LOOSE)) {
-		inode = v9fs_get_new_inode_from_fid(v9ses, fid, dir->i_sb);
-		if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
-			err = PTR_ERR(inode);
-			p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "inode creation failed %d\n",
-				 err);
-			goto error;
-		}
-		v9fs_set_create_acl(inode, fid, dacl, pacl);
-		v9fs_fid_add(dentry, &fid);
-		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
-		err = 0;
-	} else {
-		/*
-		 * Not in cached mode. No need to populate inode with stat.
-		 * socket syscall returns a fd, so we need instantiate
-		 */
-		inode = v9fs_get_inode(dir->i_sb, mode, rdev);
-		if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
-			err = PTR_ERR(inode);
-			goto error;
-		}
-		v9fs_set_create_acl(inode, fid, dacl, pacl);
-		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+	inode = v9fs_get_new_inode_from_fid(v9ses, fid, dir->i_sb);
+	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(inode);
+		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "inode creation failed %d\n",
+			 err);
+		goto error;
 	}
+	v9fs_set_create_acl(inode, fid, dacl, pacl);
+	v9fs_fid_add(dentry, &fid);
+	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+	err = 0;
 error:
 	p9_fid_put(fid);
 	v9fs_put_acl(dacl, pacl);

-- 
2.41.0