linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] fs/dcache: Make negative dentries easier to be reclaimed

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Date:   Tue, 28 Aug 2018 15:13:52 -0700
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
Cc:     Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...hat.com>,
        Larry Woodman <lwoodman@...hat.com>,
        James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
        "Wangkai (Kevin C)" <wangkai86@...wei.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] fs/dcache: Make negative dentries easier to be
 reclaimed

On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 01:19:40PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> @@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ bool list_lru_add(struct list_lru *lru, struct list_head *item)
>  	spin_lock(&nlru->lock);
>  	if (list_empty(item)) {
>  		l = list_lru_from_kmem(nlru, item, &memcg);
> -		list_add_tail(item, &l->list);
> +		(add_tail ? list_add_tail : list_add)(item, &l->list);
>  		/* Set shrinker bit if the first element was added */
>  		if (!l->nr_items++)
>  			memcg_set_shrinker_bit(memcg, nid,

That's not OK.  Write it out properly, ie:

		if (add_tail)
			list_add_tail(item, &l->list);
		else
			list_add(item, &l->list);