linux-kernel - [PATCH 26/46] fs: dcache reduce prune_one

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Date:	Sat, 27 Nov 2010 20:44:56 +1100
From:	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...nel.dk>
To:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 26/46] fs: dcache reduce prune_one_dentry locking

prune_one_dentry can avoid quite a bit of locking in the common case where
ancestors have an elevated refcount. Alternatively, we could have gone the
other way and made fewer trylocks in the case where d_count goes to zero, but
is probably less common.

Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@...nel.dk>
---
 fs/dcache.c |   27 +++++++++++++++------------
 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 23f6fed..4fa27b5 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -547,26 +547,29 @@ static void prune_one_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *parent)
 	 * Prune ancestors.
 	 */
 	while (dentry) {
-		spin_lock(&dcache_inode_lock);
-again:
+relock:
 		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+		if (dentry->d_count > 1) {
+			dentry->d_count--;
+			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	 		return;
+	 	}
+		if (!spin_trylock(&dcache_inode_lock)) {
+relock2:
+			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+			cpu_relax();
+			goto relock;
+		}
+
 		if (IS_ROOT(dentry))
 			parent = NULL;
 		else
 			parent = dentry->d_parent;
 		if (parent && !spin_trylock(&parent->d_lock)) {
-			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-			goto again;
-		}
-		dentry->d_count--;
-		if (dentry->d_count) {
-			if (parent)
-				spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
-			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 			spin_unlock(&dcache_inode_lock);
-			return;
+			goto relock2;
 		}
-
+		dentry->d_count--;
 		dentry_lru_del(dentry);
 		__d_drop(dentry);
 		dentry = d_kill(dentry, parent);
-- 
1.7.1

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