Patch "split dentry_kill()" has been added to the 3.14-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    split dentry_kill()

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:
     split-dentry_kill.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 e55fd011549eae01a230e3cace6f4d031b6a3453 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 13:51:12 -0400
Subject: split dentry_kill()

From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

commit e55fd011549eae01a230e3cace6f4d031b6a3453 upstream.

... into trylocks and everything else.  The latter (actual killing)
is __dentry_kill().

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

---
 fs/dcache.c |   62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -439,36 +439,12 @@ void d_drop(struct dentry *dentry)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_drop);
 
-/*
- * Finish off a dentry we've decided to kill.
- * dentry->d_lock must be held, returns with it unlocked.
- * 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)
-	__releases(dentry->d_lock)
+static void __dentry_kill(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	struct inode *inode;
 	struct dentry *parent = NULL;
 	bool can_free = true;
-
-	inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	if (inode && !spin_trylock(&inode->i_lock)) {
-relock:
-		if (unlock_on_failure) {
-			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-			cpu_relax();
-		}
-		return dentry; /* try again with same dentry */
-	}
 	if (!IS_ROOT(dentry))
 		parent = dentry->d_parent;
-	if (parent && !spin_trylock(&parent->d_lock)) {
-		if (inode)
-			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-		goto relock;
-	}
 
 	/*
 	 * The dentry is now unrecoverably dead to the world.
@@ -512,10 +488,44 @@ relock:
 		can_free = false;
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-out:
 	if (likely(can_free))
 		dentry_free(dentry);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Finish off a dentry we've decided to kill.
+ * dentry->d_lock must be held, returns with it unlocked.
+ * 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)
+	__releases(dentry->d_lock)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct dentry *parent = NULL;
+
+	if (inode && unlikely(!spin_trylock(&inode->i_lock)))
+		goto failed;
+
+	if (!IS_ROOT(dentry)) {
+		parent = dentry->d_parent;
+		if (unlikely(!spin_trylock(&parent->d_lock))) {
+			if (inode)
+				spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+			goto failed;
+		}
+	}
+
+	__dentry_kill(dentry);
 	return parent;
+
+failed:
+	if (unlock_on_failure) {
+		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+		cpu_relax();
+	}
+	return dentry; /* try again with same dentry */
 }
 
 /* 


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