linux-kernel - [PATCH 23/46] fs: dcache reduce dcache_inode

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Date:	Sat, 27 Nov 2010 20:44:53 +1100
From:	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...nel.dk>
To:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 23/46] fs: dcache reduce dcache_inode_lock

dcache_inode_lock can be avoided in d_delete() and d_materialise_unique()
in cases where it is not required.

Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@...nel.dk>
---
 fs/dcache.c |   24 ++++++++++++------------
 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 3e4f7c1..6fe387d 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1794,10 +1794,15 @@ void d_delete(struct dentry * dentry)
 	/*
 	 * Are we the only user?
 	 */
-	spin_lock(&dcache_inode_lock);
+again:
 	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	isdir = S_ISDIR(dentry->d_inode->i_mode);
 	if (dentry->d_count == 1) {
+		if (!spin_trylock(&dcache_inode_lock)) {
+			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+			cpu_relax();
+			goto again;
+		}
 		dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_CANT_MOUNT;
 		dentry_iput(dentry);
 		fsnotify_nameremove(dentry, isdir);
@@ -1808,7 +1813,6 @@ void d_delete(struct dentry * dentry)
 		__d_drop(dentry);
 
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_inode_lock);
 
 	fsnotify_nameremove(dentry, isdir);
 }
@@ -2106,14 +2110,15 @@ struct dentry *d_materialise_unique(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
 
 	BUG_ON(!d_unhashed(dentry));
 
-	spin_lock(&dcache_inode_lock);
-
 	if (!inode) {
 		actual = dentry;
 		__d_instantiate(dentry, NULL);
-		goto found_lock;
+		d_rehash(actual);
+		goto out_nolock;
 	}
 
+	spin_lock(&dcache_inode_lock);
+
 	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
 		struct dentry *alias;
 
@@ -2145,10 +2150,9 @@ struct dentry *d_materialise_unique(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
 	actual = __d_instantiate_unique(dentry, inode);
 	if (!actual)
 		actual = dentry;
-	else if (unlikely(!d_unhashed(actual)))
-		goto shouldnt_be_hashed;
+	else
+		BUG_ON(!d_unhashed(actual));
 
-found_lock:
 	spin_lock(&actual->d_lock);
 found:
 	spin_lock(&dcache_hash_lock);
@@ -2164,10 +2168,6 @@ out_nolock:
 
 	iput(inode);
 	return actual;
-
-shouldnt_be_hashed:
-	spin_unlock(&dcache_inode_lock);
-	BUG();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(d_materialise_unique);
 
-- 
1.7.1

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