linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 08/12] superblock: introduce per-sb cache shrinker infrastructure

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Date:	Sat, 4 Jun 2011 01:42:31 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, xfs@....sgi.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/12] superblock: introduce per-sb cache shrinker
 infrastructure

> @@ -278,7 +325,12 @@ void generic_shutdown_super(struct super_block *sb)
>  {
>  	const struct super_operations *sop = sb->s_op;
>  
> -
> +	/*
> +	 * shut down the shrinker first so we know that there are no possible
> +	 * races when shrinking the dcache or icache. Removes the need for
> +	 * external locking to prevent such races.
> +	 */
> +	unregister_shrinker(&sb->s_shrink);
>  	if (sb->s_root) {
>  		shrink_dcache_for_umount(sb);
>  		sync_filesystem(sb);

What it means is that shrinker_rwsem now nests inside ->s_umount...  IOW,
if any ->shrink() gets stuck, so does every generic_shutdown_super().
I'm still not convinced it's a good idea - especially since _this_
superblock will be skipped anyway.  Is there any good reason to evict
shrinker that early?  Note that doing that after ->s_umount is dropped
should be reasonably safe - your shrinker will see that superblock is
doomed if it's called anywhere in that window...
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