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1 files changed, 47 insertions, 48 deletions
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index c795154ffa3a..b212a65ed190 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -665,30 +665,57 @@ static bool lock_for_kill(struct dentry *dentry)
return false;
}
-static inline bool retain_dentry(struct dentry *dentry)
+/*
+ * Decide if dentry is worth retaining. Usually this is called with dentry
+ * locked; if not locked, we are more limited and might not be able to tell
+ * without a lock. False in this case means "punt to locked path and recheck".
+ *
+ * In case we aren't locked, these predicates are not "stable". However, it is
+ * sufficient that at some point after we dropped the reference the dentry was
+ * hashed and the flags had the proper value. Other dentry users may have
+ * re-gotten a reference to the dentry and change that, but our work is done -
+ * we can leave the dentry around with a zero refcount.
+ */
+static inline bool retain_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, bool locked)
{
- WARN_ON(d_in_lookup(dentry));
+ unsigned int d_flags;
- /* Unreachable? Get rid of it */
+ smp_rmb();
+ d_flags = READ_ONCE(dentry->d_flags);
+
+ // Unreachable? Nobody would be able to look it up, no point retaining
if (unlikely(d_unhashed(dentry)))
return false;
- if (unlikely(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_DISCONNECTED))
+ // Same if it's disconnected
+ if (unlikely(d_flags & DCACHE_DISCONNECTED))
return false;
- if (unlikely(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_DELETE)) {
- if (dentry->d_op->d_delete(dentry))
+ // ->d_delete() might tell us not to bother, but that requires
+ // ->d_lock; can't decide without it
+ if (unlikely(d_flags & DCACHE_OP_DELETE)) {
+ if (!locked || dentry->d_op->d_delete(dentry))
return false;
}
- if (unlikely(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_DONTCACHE))
+ // Explicitly told not to bother
+ if (unlikely(d_flags & DCACHE_DONTCACHE))
return false;
- /* retain; LRU fodder */
- if (unlikely(!(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_LRU_LIST)))
+ // At this point it looks like we ought to keep it. We also might
+ // need to do something - put it on LRU if it wasn't there already
+ // and mark it referenced if it was on LRU, but not marked yet.
+ // Unfortunately, both actions require ->d_lock, so in lockless
+ // case we'd have to punt rather than doing those.
+ if (unlikely(!(d_flags & DCACHE_LRU_LIST))) {
+ if (!locked)
+ return false;
d_lru_add(dentry);
- else if (unlikely(!(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_REFERENCED)))
+ } else if (unlikely(!(d_flags & DCACHE_REFERENCED))) {
+ if (!locked)
+ return false;
dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_REFERENCED;
+ }
return true;
}
@@ -720,7 +747,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_mark_dontcache);
static inline bool fast_dput(struct dentry *dentry)
{
int ret;
- unsigned int d_flags;
/*
* try to decrement the lockref optimistically.
@@ -749,45 +775,18 @@ static inline bool fast_dput(struct dentry *dentry)
return true;
/*
- * Careful, careful. The reference count went down
- * to zero, but we don't hold the dentry lock, so
- * somebody else could get it again, and do another
- * dput(), and we need to not race with that.
- *
- * However, there is a very special and common case
- * where we don't care, because there is nothing to
- * do: the dentry is still hashed, it does not have
- * a 'delete' op, and it's referenced and already on
- * the LRU list.
- *
- * NOTE! Since we aren't locked, these values are
- * not "stable". However, it is sufficient that at
- * some point after we dropped the reference the
- * dentry was hashed and the flags had the proper
- * value. Other dentry users may have re-gotten
- * a reference to the dentry and change that, but
- * our work is done - we can leave the dentry
- * around with a zero refcount.
- *
- * Nevertheless, there are two cases that we should kill
- * the dentry anyway.
- * 1. free disconnected dentries as soon as their refcount
- * reached zero.
- * 2. free dentries if they should not be cached.
+ * Can we decide that decrement of refcount is all we needed without
+ * taking the lock? There's a very common case when it's all we need -
+ * dentry looks like it ought to be retained and there's nothing else
+ * to do.
*/
- smp_rmb();
- d_flags = READ_ONCE(dentry->d_flags);
- d_flags &= DCACHE_REFERENCED | DCACHE_LRU_LIST | DCACHE_OP_DELETE |
- DCACHE_DISCONNECTED | DCACHE_DONTCACHE;
-
- /* Nothing to do? Dropping the reference was all we needed? */
- if (d_flags == (DCACHE_REFERENCED | DCACHE_LRU_LIST) && !d_unhashed(dentry))
+ if (retain_dentry(dentry, false))
return true;
/*
- * Not the fast normal case? Get the lock. We've already decremented
- * the refcount, but we'll need to re-check the situation after
- * getting the lock.
+ * Either not worth retaining or we can't tell without the lock.
+ * Get the lock, then. We've already decremented the refcount to 0,
+ * but we'll need to re-check the situation after getting the lock.
*/
spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
@@ -798,7 +797,7 @@ static inline bool fast_dput(struct dentry *dentry)
* don't need to do anything else.
*/
locked:
- if (dentry->d_lockref.count || retain_dentry(dentry)) {
+ if (dentry->d_lockref.count || retain_dentry(dentry, true)) {
spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
return true;
}
@@ -847,7 +846,7 @@ void dput(struct dentry *dentry)
dentry = __dentry_kill(dentry);
if (!dentry)
return;
- if (retain_dentry(dentry)) {
+ if (retain_dentry(dentry, true)) {
spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
return;
}