From: <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>, <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>, <stable-commits@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Patch "dentry_kill() doesn't need the second argument now" has been added to the 3.14-stable tree
Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2016 08:15:42 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <145681500117166@kroah.com> (raw)
This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
dentry_kill() doesn't need the second argument now
to the 3.14-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
dentry_kill-doesn-t-need-the-second-argument-now.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.14 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@vger.kernel.org> know about it.
>From 8cbf74da435d1bd13dbb790f94c7ff67b2fb6af4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 09:18:26 -0400
Subject: dentry_kill() doesn't need the second argument now
From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
commit 8cbf74da435d1bd13dbb790f94c7ff67b2fb6af4 upstream.
it's 1 in the only remaining caller.
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
fs/dcache.c | 11 ++++-------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -498,8 +498,7 @@ static void __dentry_kill(struct dentry
* If ref is non-zero, then decrement the refcount too.
* Returns dentry requiring refcount drop, or NULL if we're done.
*/
-static struct dentry *
-dentry_kill(struct dentry *dentry, int unlock_on_failure)
+static struct dentry *dentry_kill(struct dentry *dentry)
__releases(dentry->d_lock)
{
struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
@@ -521,10 +520,8 @@ dentry_kill(struct dentry *dentry, int u
return parent;
failed:
- if (unlock_on_failure) {
- spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
- cpu_relax();
- }
+ spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+ cpu_relax();
return dentry; /* try again with same dentry */
}
@@ -616,7 +613,7 @@ repeat:
return;
kill_it:
- dentry = dentry_kill(dentry, 1);
+ dentry = dentry_kill(dentry);
if (dentry)
goto repeat;
}
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk are
queue-3.14/lock_parent-don-t-step-on-stale-d_parent-of-all-but-freed-one.patch
queue-3.14/lift-the-already-marked-killed-case-into-shrink_dentry_list.patch
queue-3.14/expand-dentry_kill-dentry-0-in-shrink_dentry_list.patch
queue-3.14/bcache-fix-a-leak-in-bch_cached_dev_run.patch
queue-3.14/dcache-add-missing-lockdep-annotation.patch
queue-3.14/dealing-with-the-rest-of-shrink_dentry_list-livelock.patch
queue-3.14/split-dentry_kill.patch
queue-3.14/shrink_dentry_list-take-parent-s-d_lock-earlier.patch
queue-3.14/dentry_kill-doesn-t-need-the-second-argument-now.patch
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