/*
* To prevent any new references to the target during the rename,
- * we unhash the dentry and free the inode in advance.
+ * we unhash the dentry in advance.
*/
if (!d_unhashed(new_dentry)) {
d_drop(new_dentry);
atomic_read(&new_dentry->d_count));
/*
- * First check whether the target is busy ... we can't
- * safely do _any_ rename if the target is in use.
- *
- * For files, make a copy of the dentry and then do a
- * silly-rename. If the silly-rename succeeds, the
- * copied dentry is hashed and becomes the new target.
+ * For non-directories, check whether the target is busy and if so,
+ * make a copy of the dentry and then do a silly-rename. If the
+ * silly-rename succeeds, the copied dentry is hashed and becomes
+ * the new target.
*/
if (new_inode && !S_ISDIR(new_inode->i_mode) &&
atomic_read(&new_dentry->d_count) > 2) {