linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 1/4] fs/dcache: Fix incorrect nr_dentry_unused accounting in shrink_dcache

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Date:   Thu, 30 Aug 2018 17:55:04 -0400
From:   Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
To:     Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:     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>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Larry Woodman <lwoodman@...hat.com>,
        James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
        "Wangkai (Kevin C)" <wangkai86@...wei.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/4] fs/dcache: Fix incorrect nr_dentry_unused accounting in shrink_dcache_sb()

The nr_dentry_unused per-cpu counter tracks dentries in both the
LRU lists and the shrink lists where the DCACHE_LRU_LIST bit is set.
The shrink_dcache_sb() function moves dentries from the LRU list to a
shrink list and subtracts the dentry count from nr_dentry_unused. This
is incorrect as the nr_dentry_unused count Will also be decremented in
shrink_dentry_list() via d_shrink_del(). To fix this double decrement,
the decrement in the shrink_dcache_sb() function is taken out.

Fixes: 4e717f5c1083 ("list_lru: remove special case function list_lru_dispose_all."

Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
---
 fs/dcache.c | 6 +-----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 2e7e8d8..cb515f1 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1202,15 +1202,11 @@ static enum lru_status dentry_lru_isolate_shrink(struct list_head *item,
  */
 void shrink_dcache_sb(struct super_block *sb)
 {
-	long freed;
-
 	do {
 		LIST_HEAD(dispose);
 
-		freed = list_lru_walk(&sb->s_dentry_lru,
+		list_lru_walk(&sb->s_dentry_lru,
 			dentry_lru_isolate_shrink, &dispose, 1024);
-
-		this_cpu_sub(nr_dentry_unused, freed);
 		shrink_dentry_list(&dispose);
 	} while (list_lru_count(&sb->s_dentry_lru) > 0);
 }
-- 
1.8.3.1