Re: [PATCH] dcache: unlock inode->i_lock before goto restart tag in, d_prune_aliases

[Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>]

On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 09:20:33PM +0800, Zhiqiang Liu wrote:
> From: Zhiqiang Liu <liuzhiqiang26@huawei.com>
> 
> coccicheck reports:
>   fs/dcache.c:1027:1-10: second lock on line 1027
> 
> In d_prune_aliases, before goto restart we should unlock
> inode->i_lock.
> 
> Fixes: 29355c3904e ("d_prune_alias(): just lock the parent and call __dentry_kill()")
> Signed-off-by: Zhiqiang Liu <liuzhiqiang26@huawei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Feilong Lin <linfeilong@huawei.com>
> ---
>  fs/dcache.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
> index b280e07e162b..1532ebe9d9ca 100644
> --- a/fs/dcache.c
> +++ b/fs/dcache.c
> @@ -1030,6 +1030,7 @@ void d_prune_aliases(struct inode *inode)
>  		if (!dentry->d_lockref.count) {
>  			struct dentry *parent = lock_parent(dentry);
>  			if (likely(!dentry->d_lockref.count)) {
> +				spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
>  				__dentry_kill(dentry);
>  				dput(parent);
>  				goto restart;
> -- 

Doesn't __dentry_kill() already do the unlock, via dentry_unlink_inode()?

- Eric