linux-kernel - [PATCH 2.6.19-rc3] VFS: missing unused dentry in prune

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Date:	Fri, 27 Oct 2006 17:42:03 +0400
From:	Vasily Averin <vvs@...ru>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
CC:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Kirill Korotaev <dev@...nvz.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	devel@...nvz.org
Subject: [PATCH 2.6.19-rc3] VFS: missing unused dentry in prune_dcache()

Andrew,

could you please use this patch instead of
missing-unused-dentry-in-prune_dcache.patch

As far as I understand David Howells have not any objections

Thank you,
	Vasily Averin

---
VFS: missing unused dentry in prune_dcache()

From:	Vasily Averin <vvs@...ru>

If we cannot delete dentry we should insert it back to the dentry_unused list.
To prevent cycle and do not blocks prune_dcache() call from
shrink_dcache_memory() we adding this dentry to head of list.

Signed-off-by:	Vasily Averin <vvs@...ru>

--- linux-2.6.19-rc3/fs/dcache.c.prdch	2006-10-25 16:09:19.000000000 +0400
+++ linux-2.6.19-rc3/fs/dcache.c	2006-10-26 15:14:51.000000000 +0400
@@ -478,11 +478,9 @@ static void prune_dcache(int count, stru
 			up_read(s_umount);
 		}
 		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-		/* Cannot remove the first dentry, and it isn't appropriate
-		 * to move it to the head of the list, so give up, and try
-		 * later
-		 */
-		break;
+		/* Inserting dentry to tail of the list leads to cycle */
+ 		list_add(&dentry->d_lru, &dentry_unused);
+		dentry_stat.nr_unused++;
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 }

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