Re: [PATCH 8/9] kill lock_two_inodes()

From: Jan Kara
Date: Thu Nov 23 2023 - 23:33:32 EST


On Wed 22-11-23 19:36:51, Al Viro wrote:
> There's only one caller left (lock_two_nondirectories()), and it
> needs less complexity. Fold lock_two_inodes() in there and
> simplify.
>
> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Looks good. Feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>

Honza

> ---
> fs/inode.c | 49 ++++++-------------------------------------------
> fs/internal.h | 2 --
> 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
> index edcd8a61975f..453d5be1a014 100644
> --- a/fs/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/inode.c
> @@ -1087,48 +1087,6 @@ void discard_new_inode(struct inode *inode)
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(discard_new_inode);
>
> -/**
> - * lock_two_inodes - lock two inodes (may be regular files but also dirs)
> - *
> - * Lock any non-NULL argument. The caller must make sure that if he is passing
> - * in two directories, one is not ancestor of the other. Zero, one or two
> - * objects may be locked by this function.
> - *
> - * @inode1: first inode to lock
> - * @inode2: second inode to lock
> - * @subclass1: inode lock subclass for the first lock obtained
> - * @subclass2: inode lock subclass for the second lock obtained
> - */
> -void lock_two_inodes(struct inode *inode1, struct inode *inode2,
> - unsigned subclass1, unsigned subclass2)
> -{
> - if (!inode1 || !inode2) {
> - /*
> - * Make sure @subclass1 will be used for the acquired lock.
> - * This is not strictly necessary (no current caller cares) but
> - * let's keep things consistent.
> - */
> - if (!inode1)
> - swap(inode1, inode2);
> - goto lock;
> - }
> -
> - /*
> - * If one object is directory and the other is not, we must make sure
> - * to lock directory first as the other object may be its child.
> - */
> - if (S_ISDIR(inode2->i_mode) == S_ISDIR(inode1->i_mode)) {
> - if (inode1 > inode2)
> - swap(inode1, inode2);
> - } else if (!S_ISDIR(inode1->i_mode))
> - swap(inode1, inode2);
> -lock:
> - if (inode1)
> - inode_lock_nested(inode1, subclass1);
> - if (inode2 && inode2 != inode1)
> - inode_lock_nested(inode2, subclass2);
> -}
> -
> /**
> * lock_two_nondirectories - take two i_mutexes on non-directory objects
> *
> @@ -1144,7 +1102,12 @@ void lock_two_nondirectories(struct inode *inode1, struct inode *inode2)
> WARN_ON_ONCE(S_ISDIR(inode1->i_mode));
> if (inode2)
> WARN_ON_ONCE(S_ISDIR(inode2->i_mode));
> - lock_two_inodes(inode1, inode2, I_MUTEX_NORMAL, I_MUTEX_NONDIR2);
> + if (inode1 > inode2)
> + swap(inode1, inode2);
> + if (inode1)
> + inode_lock(inode1);
> + if (inode2 && inode2 != inode1)
> + inode_lock_nested(inode2, I_MUTEX_NONDIR2);
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(lock_two_nondirectories);
>
> diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
> index 58e43341aebf..de67b02226e5 100644
> --- a/fs/internal.h
> +++ b/fs/internal.h
> @@ -196,8 +196,6 @@ extern long prune_icache_sb(struct super_block *sb, struct shrink_control *sc);
> int dentry_needs_remove_privs(struct mnt_idmap *, struct dentry *dentry);
> bool in_group_or_capable(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
> const struct inode *inode, vfsgid_t vfsgid);
> -void lock_two_inodes(struct inode *inode1, struct inode *inode2,
> - unsigned subclass1, unsigned subclass2);
>
> /*
> * fs-writeback.c
> --
> 2.39.2
>
--
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR