Make last_ino atomic in preperation for removing inode_lock. Make a new lock for iunique counter, for removing inode_lock. --- fs/inode.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/fs/inode.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/inode.c +++ linux-2.6/fs/inode.c @@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ struct inode *new_inode(struct super_blo * error if st_ino won't fit in target struct field. Use 32bit counter * here to attempt to avoid that. */ - static unsigned int last_ino; + static atomic_t last_ino = ATOMIC_INIT(0); struct inode *inode; spin_lock_prefetch(&inode_lock); @@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ struct inode *new_inode(struct super_blo spin_lock(&inode_lock); spin_lock(&sb_inode_list_lock); spin_lock(&inode->i_lock); - inode->i_ino = ++last_ino; + inode->i_ino = atomic_inc_return(&last_ino); inode->i_state = 0; __inode_add_to_lists(sb, NULL, inode); spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock); @@ -887,6 +887,22 @@ static struct inode *get_new_inode_fast( return inode; } +static int test_inode_iunique(struct super_block * sb, struct hlist_head *head, unsigned long ino) +{ + struct hlist_node *node; + struct inode * inode = NULL; + + spin_lock(&inode_hash_lock); + hlist_for_each_entry(inode, node, head, i_hash) { + if (inode->i_ino == ino && inode->i_sb == sb) { + spin_unlock(&inode_hash_lock); + return 0; + } + } + spin_unlock(&inode_hash_lock); + return 1; +} + /** * iunique - get a unique inode number * @sb: superblock @@ -908,20 +924,20 @@ ino_t iunique(struct super_block *sb, in * error if st_ino won't fit in target struct field. Use 32bit counter * here to attempt to avoid that. */ + static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(unique_lock); static unsigned int counter; - struct inode *inode; struct hlist_head *head; ino_t res; spin_lock(&inode_lock); + spin_lock(&unique_lock); do { if (counter <= max_reserved) counter = max_reserved + 1; res = counter++; head = inode_hashtable + hash(sb, res); - inode = find_inode_fast(sb, head, res); - spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock); - } while (inode != NULL); + } while (!test_inode_iunique(sb, head, res)); + spin_unlock(&unique_lock); spin_unlock(&inode_lock); return res; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/