Remove dcache_lock locking from hostfs filesystem, and move it into dcache helpers. All that should really be required is a coherent path name, protection from concurrent modification is not provided outside path name generation because dcache_lock is dropped before the path is used. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin --- fs/dcache.c | 15 +++++++++++++-- fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c | 24 ++++++++++-------------- include/linux/dcache.h | 2 +- 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/fs/dcache.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/dcache.c 2010-11-17 00:52:37.000000000 +1100 +++ linux-2.6/fs/dcache.c 2010-11-17 01:05:47.000000000 +1100 @@ -2140,7 +2140,7 @@ char *dynamic_dname(struct dentry *dentr /* * Write full pathname from the root of the filesystem into the buffer. */ -char *__dentry_path(struct dentry *dentry, char *buf, int buflen) +static char *__dentry_path(struct dentry *dentry, char *buf, int buflen) { char *end = buf + buflen; char *retval; @@ -2167,7 +2167,18 @@ char *__dentry_path(struct dentry *dentr Elong: return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG); } -EXPORT_SYMBOL(__dentry_path); + +char *dentry_path_raw(struct dentry *dentry, char *buf, int buflen) +{ + char *retval; + + spin_lock(&dcache_lock); + retval = __dentry_path(dentry, buf, buflen); + spin_unlock(&dcache_lock); + + return retval; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(dentry_path_raw); char *dentry_path(struct dentry *dentry, char *buf, int buflen) { Index: linux-2.6/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c 2010-11-17 00:52:37.000000000 +1100 +++ linux-2.6/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c 2010-11-17 00:52:37.000000000 +1100 @@ -92,12 +92,10 @@ __uml_setup("hostfs=", hostfs_args, static char *__dentry_name(struct dentry *dentry, char *name) { - char *p = __dentry_path(dentry, name, PATH_MAX); + char *p = dentry_path_raw(dentry, name, PATH_MAX); char *root; size_t len; - spin_unlock(&dcache_lock); - root = dentry->d_sb->s_fs_info; len = strlen(root); if (IS_ERR(p)) { @@ -123,25 +121,23 @@ static char *dentry_name(struct dentry * if (!name) return NULL; - spin_lock(&dcache_lock); return __dentry_name(dentry, name); /* will unlock */ } static char *inode_name(struct inode *ino) { struct dentry *dentry; - char *name = __getname(); - if (!name) - return NULL; + char *name; - spin_lock(&dcache_lock); - if (list_empty(&ino->i_dentry)) { - spin_unlock(&dcache_lock); - __putname(name); + dentry = d_find_alias(ino); + if (!dentry) return NULL; - } - dentry = list_first_entry(&ino->i_dentry, struct dentry, d_alias); - return __dentry_name(dentry, name); /* will unlock */ + + name = dentry_name(dentry); + + dput(dentry); + + return name; } static char *follow_link(char *link) Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/dcache.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/dcache.h 2010-11-17 00:52:37.000000000 +1100 +++ linux-2.6/include/linux/dcache.h 2010-11-17 01:05:47.000000000 +1100 @@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ extern char *dynamic_dname(struct dentry extern char *__d_path(const struct path *path, struct path *root, char *, int); extern char *d_path(const struct path *, char *, int); extern char *d_path_with_unreachable(const struct path *, char *, int); -extern char *__dentry_path(struct dentry *, char *, int); +extern char *dentry_path_raw(struct dentry *, char *, int); extern char *dentry_path(struct dentry *, char *, int); /* Allocation counts.. */ -- 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/