... or visible outside of audit, really.  Note that references
held in delayed_filename always have refcount 1, and from the
moment of complete_getname() or equivalent point in getname...()
there is no references to struct filename instance anywhere
that would be visible to other threads.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <[email protected]>
---
 fs/namei.c         | 8 ++++----
 include/linux/fs.h | 8 +-------
 kernel/auditsc.c   | 6 ++++++
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index bb306177b8a3..9863cc319181 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 static inline void initname(struct filename *name)
 {
        name->aname = NULL;
-       atomic_set(&name->refcnt, 1);
+       name->refcnt = 1;
 }
 
 static struct filename *
@@ -283,13 +283,13 @@ void putname(struct filename *name)
        if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(name))
                return;
 
-       refcnt = atomic_read(&name->refcnt);
+       refcnt = name->refcnt;
        if (unlikely(refcnt != 1)) {
                if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!refcnt))
                        return;
 
-               if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&name->refcnt))
-                       return;
+               name->refcnt--;
+               return;
        }
 
        if (unlikely(name->name != name->iname)) {
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index d57c8e21be13..4ea32aba847b 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2835,7 +2835,7 @@ extern struct kobject *fs_kobj;
 struct audit_names;
 struct filename {
        const char              *name;  /* pointer to actual string */
-       atomic_t                refcnt;
+       int                     refcnt;
        struct audit_names      *aname;
        const char              iname[];
 };
@@ -2944,12 +2944,6 @@ int delayed_getname_uflags(struct delayed_filename *v, 
const char __user *, int)
 void dismiss_delayed_filename(struct delayed_filename *);
 struct filename *complete_getname(struct delayed_filename *);
 
-static inline struct filename *refname(struct filename *name)
-{
-       atomic_inc(&name->refcnt);
-       return name;
-}
-
 extern int finish_open(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry,
                        int (*open)(struct inode *, struct file *));
 extern int finish_no_open(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry);
diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index e59a094bb9f7..d71fc73455b2 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -2169,6 +2169,12 @@ static struct audit_names *audit_alloc_name(struct 
audit_context *context,
        return aname;
 }
 
+static inline struct filename *refname(struct filename *name)
+{
+       name->refcnt++;
+       return name;
+}
+
 /**
  * __audit_getname - add a name to the list
  * @name: name to add
-- 
2.47.3


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