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Date:	Mon, 17 Sep 2012 22:31:38 +0200
From:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
To:	viro@...IV.linux.org.uk
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	hch@...radead.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	Trond.Myklebust@...app.com
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] vfs: dcache: use DCACHE_DENTRY_KILLED instead of DCACHE_DISCONNECTED in d_kill()

From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...e.cz>

IBM reported a soft lockup after applying the fix for the rename_lock deadlock.
Commit c83ce989 ("VFS: Fix the nfs sillyrename regression in kernel 2.6.38") was
found to be the culprit.

The nfs sillyrename fix used DCACHE_DISCONNECTED to indicate that the dentry was
killed.  This flag can be set on non-killed dentries too, which results in
infinite retries when trying to traverse the dentry tree.

This patch introduces a separate flag: DCACHE_DENTRY_KILLED, which is only set
in d_kill() and makes try_to_ascend() test only this flag.

IBM reported successful test results with this patch.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...e.cz>
Cc: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
---
 fs/dcache.c            |    4 ++--
 include/linux/dcache.h |    2 ++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/fs/dcache.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/dcache.c	2012-09-17 20:04:07.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/fs/dcache.c	2012-09-17 20:04:21.000000000 +0200
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ static struct dentry *d_kill(struct dent
 	 * Inform try_to_ascend() that we are no longer attached to the
 	 * dentry tree
 	 */
-	dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_DISCONNECTED;
+	dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_DENTRY_KILLED;
 	if (parent)
 		spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
 	dentry_iput(dentry);
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ static struct dentry *try_to_ascend(stru
 	 * or deletion
 	 */
 	if (new != old->d_parent ||
-		 (old->d_flags & DCACHE_DISCONNECTED) ||
+		 (old->d_flags & DCACHE_DENTRY_KILLED) ||
 		 (!locked && read_seqretry(&rename_lock, seq))) {
 		spin_unlock(&new->d_lock);
 		new = NULL;
Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/dcache.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/dcache.h	2012-09-17 19:56:19.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/include/linux/dcache.h	2012-09-17 20:04:21.000000000 +0200
@@ -206,6 +206,8 @@ struct dentry_operations {
 #define DCACHE_MANAGED_DENTRY \
 	(DCACHE_MOUNTED|DCACHE_NEED_AUTOMOUNT|DCACHE_MANAGE_TRANSIT)
 
+#define DCACHE_DENTRY_KILLED	0x100000
+
 extern seqlock_t rename_lock;
 
 static inline int dname_external(struct dentry *dentry)
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