From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
To: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org, brauner@kernel.org, jack@suse.cz,
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Subject: [PATCH v4 06/54] primitives for maintaining persisitency
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 05:15:15 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251118051604.3868588-7-viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251118051604.3868588-1-viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
* d_make_persistent(dentry, inode) - bump refcount, mark persistent and
make hashed positive. Return value is a borrowed reference to dentry;
it can be used until something removes persistency (at the very least,
until the parent gets unlocked, but some filesystems may have stronger
exclusion).
* d_make_discardable() - remove persistency mark and drop reference.
d_make_persistent() is similar to combination of d_instantiate(), dget()
and setting flag. The only difference is that unlike d_instantiate()
it accepts hashed and unhashed negatives alike. It is always called in
strong locking environment (parent held exclusive, or, in some cases,
dentry coming from d_alloc_name()); if we ever start using it with parent
held only shared and dentry coming from d_alloc_parallel(), we'll need
to copy the in-lookup logics from __d_add().
d_make_discardable() is eqiuvalent to combination of removing flag and
dput(); since flag removal requires ->d_lock, there's no point trying
to avoid taking that for refcount decrement as fast_dput() does.
The slow path of dput() has been taken into a helper and reused in
d_make_discardable() instead.
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
---
fs/dcache.c | 74 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
include/linux/dcache.h | 2 ++
2 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index f2c9f4fef2a2..3cc6c3876177 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -869,6 +869,24 @@ static inline bool fast_dput(struct dentry *dentry)
return false;
}
+static void finish_dput(struct dentry *dentry)
+ __releases(dentry->d_lock)
+ __releases(RCU)
+{
+ while (lock_for_kill(dentry)) {
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ dentry = __dentry_kill(dentry);
+ if (!dentry)
+ return;
+ if (retain_dentry(dentry, true)) {
+ spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+ return;
+ }
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ }
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+}
/*
* This is dput
@@ -906,22 +924,28 @@ void dput(struct dentry *dentry)
rcu_read_unlock();
return;
}
- while (lock_for_kill(dentry)) {
- rcu_read_unlock();
- dentry = __dentry_kill(dentry);
- if (!dentry)
- return;
- if (retain_dentry(dentry, true)) {
- spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
- return;
- }
- rcu_read_lock();
- }
- rcu_read_unlock();
- spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+ finish_dput(dentry);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dput);
+void d_make_discardable(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+ spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+ /*
+ * By the end of the series we'll add
+ * WARN_ON(!(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_PERSISTENT);
+ * here, but while object removal is done by a few common helpers,
+ * object creation tends to be open-coded (if nothing else, new inode
+ * needs to be set up), so adding a warning from the very beginning
+ * would make for much messier patch series.
+ */
+ dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_PERSISTENT;
+ dentry->d_lockref.count--;
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ finish_dput(dentry);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_make_discardable);
+
static void to_shrink_list(struct dentry *dentry, struct list_head *list)
__must_hold(&dentry->d_lock)
{
@@ -1939,7 +1963,6 @@ static void __d_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
unsigned add_flags = d_flags_for_inode(inode);
WARN_ON(d_in_lookup(dentry));
- spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
/*
* The negative counter only tracks dentries on the LRU. Don't dec if
* d_lru is on another list.
@@ -1952,7 +1975,6 @@ static void __d_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
__d_set_inode_and_type(dentry, inode, add_flags);
raw_write_seqcount_end(&dentry->d_seq);
fsnotify_update_flags(dentry);
- spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
}
/**
@@ -1976,7 +1998,9 @@ void d_instantiate(struct dentry *entry, struct inode * inode)
if (inode) {
security_d_instantiate(entry, inode);
spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+ spin_lock(&entry->d_lock);
__d_instantiate(entry, inode);
+ spin_unlock(&entry->d_lock);
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
}
}
@@ -1995,7 +2019,9 @@ void d_instantiate_new(struct dentry *entry, struct inode *inode)
lockdep_annotate_inode_mutex_key(inode);
security_d_instantiate(entry, inode);
spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+ spin_lock(&entry->d_lock);
__d_instantiate(entry, inode);
+ spin_unlock(&entry->d_lock);
WARN_ON(!(inode->i_state & I_NEW));
inode->i_state &= ~I_NEW & ~I_CREATING;
/*
@@ -2754,6 +2780,24 @@ void d_add(struct dentry *entry, struct inode *inode)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_add);
+struct dentry *d_make_persistent(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
+{
+ WARN_ON(!hlist_unhashed(&dentry->d_u.d_alias));
+ WARN_ON(!inode);
+ security_d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+ spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+ spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+ __d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+ dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_PERSISTENT;
+ dget_dlock(dentry);
+ if (d_unhashed(dentry))
+ __d_rehash(dentry);
+ spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+ return dentry;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_make_persistent);
+
static void swap_names(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *target)
{
if (unlikely(dname_external(target))) {
diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
index 94b58655322a..6ec4066825e3 100644
--- a/include/linux/dcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
@@ -611,5 +611,7 @@ static inline struct dentry *d_next_sibling(const struct dentry *dentry)
}
void set_default_d_op(struct super_block *, const struct dentry_operations *);
+struct dentry *d_make_persistent(struct dentry *, struct inode *);
+void d_make_discardable(struct dentry *dentry);
#endif /* __LINUX_DCACHE_H */
--
2.47.3
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2025-11-18 5:15 ` [PATCH v4 02/54] tracefs: fix a leak in eventfs_create_events_dir() Al Viro
2025-11-18 5:15 ` [PATCH v4 03/54] new helper: simple_remove_by_name() Al Viro
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2025-11-18 5:15 ` Al Viro [this message]
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2025-11-18 5:15 ` [PATCH v4 08/54] convert ramfs and tmpfs Al Viro
2025-11-18 5:15 ` [PATCH v4 09/54] procfs: make /self and /thread_self dentries persistent Al Viro
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2025-11-18 5:15 ` [PATCH v4 13/54] convert hugetlbfs Al Viro
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2025-11-18 5:15 ` [PATCH v4 16/54] convert dlmfs Al Viro
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2025-11-18 5:15 ` [PATCH v4 18/54] convert pstore Al Viro
2025-11-18 5:15 ` [PATCH v4 19/54] convert tracefs Al Viro
2025-11-18 5:15 ` [PATCH v4 20/54] convert debugfs Al Viro
2025-11-18 5:15 ` [PATCH v4 21/54] debugfs: remove duplicate checks in callers of start_creating() Al Viro
2025-11-18 5:15 ` [PATCH v4 22/54] convert efivarfs Al Viro
2025-11-18 5:15 ` [PATCH v4 23/54] convert spufs Al Viro
2025-11-18 5:15 ` [PATCH v4 24/54] convert ibmasmfs Al Viro
2025-11-18 5:15 ` [PATCH v4 25/54] ibmasmfs: get rid of ibmasmfs_dir_ops Al Viro
2025-11-18 5:15 ` [PATCH v4 26/54] convert devpts Al Viro
2025-11-18 5:15 ` [PATCH v4 27/54] binderfs: use simple_start_creating() Al Viro
2025-11-18 5:15 ` [PATCH v4 28/54] binderfs_binder_ctl_create(): kill a bogus check Al Viro
2025-11-18 5:15 ` [PATCH v4 29/54] convert binderfs Al Viro
2025-11-18 5:15 ` [PATCH v4 30/54] autofs_{rmdir,unlink}: dentry->d_fsdata->dentry == dentry there Al Viro
2025-11-18 5:15 ` [PATCH v4 31/54] convert autofs Al Viro
2025-11-18 5:15 ` [PATCH v4 32/54] convert binfmt_misc Al Viro
2025-11-18 5:15 ` [PATCH v4 33/54] selinuxfs: don't stash the dentry of /policy_capabilities Al Viro
2025-11-18 5:15 ` [PATCH v4 34/54] selinuxfs: new helper for attaching files to tree Al Viro
2025-11-18 5:15 ` [PATCH v4 35/54] convert selinuxfs Al Viro
2025-11-18 5:15 ` [PATCH v4 36/54] functionfs: don't abuse ffs_data_closed() on fs shutdown Al Viro
2025-11-18 5:15 ` [PATCH v4 37/54] functionfs: don't bother with ffs->ref in ffs_data_{opened,closed}() Al Viro
2025-11-18 5:15 ` [PATCH v4 38/54] functionfs: need to cancel ->reset_work in ->kill_sb() Al Viro
2025-11-18 5:15 ` [PATCH v4 39/54] functionfs: fix the open/removal races Al Viro
2025-11-18 5:15 ` [PATCH v4 40/54] functionfs: switch to simple_remove_by_name() Al Viro
2025-11-18 5:15 ` [PATCH v4 41/54] convert functionfs Al Viro
2025-11-18 5:15 ` [PATCH v4 42/54] gadgetfs: switch to simple_remove_by_name() Al Viro
2025-11-18 5:15 ` [PATCH v4 43/54] convert gadgetfs Al Viro
2025-11-18 5:15 ` [PATCH v4 44/54] hypfs: don't pin dentries twice Al Viro
2025-11-18 5:15 ` [PATCH v4 45/54] hypfs: switch hypfs_create_str() to returning int Al Viro
2025-11-18 5:15 ` [PATCH v4 46/54] hypfs: swich hypfs_create_u64() " Al Viro
2025-11-18 5:15 ` [PATCH v4 47/54] convert hypfs Al Viro
2025-11-18 5:15 ` [PATCH v4 48/54] convert rpc_pipefs Al Viro
2025-11-18 5:15 ` [PATCH v4 49/54] convert nfsctl Al Viro
2025-11-18 5:15 ` [PATCH v4 50/54] convert rust_binderfs Al Viro
2025-11-18 5:16 ` [PATCH v4 51/54] get rid of kill_litter_super() Al Viro
2025-11-18 5:16 ` [PATCH v4 52/54] convert securityfs Al Viro
2025-11-18 5:16 ` [PATCH v4 53/54] kill securityfs_recursive_remove() Al Viro
2025-11-18 5:16 ` [PATCH v4 54/54] d_make_discardable(): warn if given a non-persistent dentry Al Viro
2026-01-27 0:56 ` [PATCH v4 00/54] tree-in-dcache stuff Samuel Wu
2026-01-27 7:42 ` Greg KH
2026-01-27 18:39 ` Linus Torvalds
2026-01-27 20:14 ` Al Viro
2026-01-28 8:53 ` Greg KH
2026-01-28 2:02 ` Samuel Wu
2026-01-28 4:59 ` Al Viro
2026-01-29 0:58 ` Samuel Wu
2026-01-29 3:23 ` Al Viro
2026-01-29 22:54 ` Al Viro
2026-01-30 1:16 ` Samuel Wu
2026-01-30 7:04 ` Al Viro
2026-01-30 22:31 ` Samuel Wu
2026-01-30 23:57 ` Al Viro
2026-01-31 0:14 ` Linus Torvalds
2026-01-31 1:08 ` Al Viro
2026-01-31 1:11 ` Linus Torvalds
2026-02-01 0:11 ` Al Viro
2026-01-31 0:59 ` Al Viro
2026-01-31 1:05 ` Samuel Wu
2026-01-31 1:18 ` Al Viro
2026-01-31 2:09 ` Samuel Wu
2026-01-31 2:43 ` Al Viro
2026-01-31 19:48 ` Samuel Wu
2026-01-31 14:58 ` Krishna Kurapati PSSNV
2026-01-31 20:02 ` Samuel Wu
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