[PATCH v3 16/21] fold dentry_kill() into dput()

From: Al Viro
Date: Fri Nov 24 2023 - 01:05:42 EST


Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/dcache.c | 37 ++++++++++++-------------------------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index a7f99d46c41b..5284b02747cd 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -756,28 +756,6 @@ void d_mark_dontcache(struct inode *inode)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_mark_dontcache);

-/*
- * Finish off a dentry we've decided to kill.
- * dentry->d_lock must be held, returns with it unlocked.
- * Returns dentry requiring refcount drop, or NULL if we're done.
- */
-static struct dentry *dentry_kill(struct dentry *dentry)
- __releases(dentry->d_lock)
-{
-
- dentry->d_lockref.count--;
- rcu_read_lock();
- if (likely(lock_for_kill(dentry))) {
- struct dentry *parent = dentry->d_parent;
- rcu_read_unlock();
- __dentry_kill(dentry);
- return parent != dentry ? parent : NULL;
- }
- rcu_read_unlock();
- spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
- return NULL;
-}
-
/*
* Try to do a lockless dput(), and return whether that was successful.
*
@@ -915,9 +893,18 @@ void dput(struct dentry *dentry)
}

/* Slow case: now with the dentry lock held */
- rcu_read_unlock();
- dentry->d_lockref.count = 1;
- dentry = dentry_kill(dentry);
+ if (likely(lock_for_kill(dentry))) {
+ struct dentry *parent = dentry->d_parent;
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ __dentry_kill(dentry);
+ if (dentry == parent)
+ return;
+ dentry = parent;
+ } else {
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+ return;
+ }
}
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dput);
--
2.39.2