Re: [PATCH 1/2] audit: Quit audit_free_names() early if name list empty

Al Viro <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.audit,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <20260121031105.GB3183987@ZenIV> 
On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 09:35:08PM -0500, Waiman Long wrote:
> Optimize audit_free_names() by quitting early if the name list is empty.
> This eliminates the need to acquire and release the fs_struct spinlock
> in path_put().

Why would path_put() go anywhere need fs_struct spinlock???
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